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The Oxford handbook of well-being and public policy / edited by Matthew D. Adler and Marc Fleurbaey.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Adler, Matthew D., editor.
Fleurbaey, Marc, editor.
Series:
Oxford handbooks in economics and finance.
Oxford handbooks online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Well-being.
Quality of life--Evaluation.
Quality of life.
Public welfare.
Welfare economics.
Social indicators.
Economic indicators.
Social policy.
Economic policy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Other Title:
Well-being and public policy
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
What are the methodologies that we should employ for designing and evaluating governmental policy, in light of the profound effects that policies have on the level and distribution of individuals' well-being? The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary treatment of this question, drawing from welfare economics, moral philosophy, and psychology. It covers policy-assessment methodologies, both established and emerging, and reviews philosophical conceptions of well-being, and the literature on "subjective well-being" in psychology and economics. Further chapters focus specifically on well-being measurement, and a variety of challenges for policy assessment.
Contents:
Introduction / Matthew D. Adler, Marc Fleurbaey
Cost-Benefit Analysis / Robin Boadway
GDP / Paul Schreyer
Inequality and poverty measures / Frank Cowell
Social Welfare Functions / John Weymark
Fair allocation / William Thomson
Multidimensional Indicators of Inequality and Poverty / Satya Chakravarty, Maria Ana Lugo
QALY-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis / Jose Maria Abellan, Carmen Herrero, Jose Luis Pinto
Happiness-Based Policy Analysis / Paul Dolan, Daniel Fujiwara
Preference-based views of well-being / Krister Bykvist
Mental State Approaches to Well-Being / Daniel M. Haybron
Objective goods / Thomas Hurka
Subjective well-being in psychology / Richard Lucas
Subjective well-being in economics / Carol Graham
Equivalent income / Marc Fleurbaey
Extended preferences / Matthew D. Adler
SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being / Andrew Clark
The Capability Approach and Well-Being Measurement for Public Policy / Sabina Alkire
Multidimensional Poverty Indices / Jean-Yves Duclos, Luca Tiberti
Measuring Poverty / Thomas Pogge, Scott Wisor
Does fairness require a multidimensional approach? / Richard J. Arneson
Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? / Koen Decanq, Dirk Neumann
Social Evaluation under Risk and Uncertainty / Philippe Mongin, Marcus Pivato
Individual Responsibility and Equality of Opportunity / Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Vito Peragine
Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Prices, Consumption, and Preferences / Prasada Rao
Welfare and the Household / Pierre-Andre Chiappori
Preference Inconsistency / Eldar Shafir
Lifetime Well-Being / Gregory Ponthiere
The Well-Being of Future Generations / John Broome.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 31, 2016).
Other Format:
Print version :
ISBN:
9780199349715
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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