Happiness quantified : a satisfaction calculus approach / Bernard van Praag, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Praag, Bernard M. S. van.

Contributor:

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Satisfaction--Testing.

Satisfaction.

Satisfaction--Economic aspects.

Happiness--Testing.

Happiness.

Happiness--Economic aspects.

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do we measure happiness? Focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare and well-being, this book finds ways to do that. Subjective measures have been used by psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and, more recently, economists to answer a variety of scientifically and politically relevant questions. Van Praag, a pioneer in this field since 1971, and Ferrer-i-Carbonell present in this book a generally applicable methodology for the analysis of subjectivesatisfaction. Drawing on a range of surveys on people's satisfaction with their jobs, income, housing, marriages, and

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Satisfaction; 1.2. Satisfaction and Norms; 1.3. Domain Satisfactions; 1.4. General Satisfaction and Domain Satisfactions; 1.5. Plan of this Book; 2. The Analysis of Income Satisfaction with an Application to Family Equivalence Scales; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The Income-Satisfaction Question; 2.3. A Methodological Digression; 2.4. The Economic Interpretation; 2.5. Implicit Cardinalization; 2.6. Probit-adapted OLS; 2.7. Cardinal Approach (CP and COLS); 2.8. The Income-Evaluation Question (IEQ); 2.9. Conclusions; 3. Domain Satisfactions; 3.1. Introduction

3.2. Secondary Analysis: Methodological Considerations3.2.1. Fixed or Random Individual Effects?; 3.3. Secondary Analysis: Findings; 3.3.1. Health Satisfaction; 3.3.2. Job Satisfaction; 3.3.3. Financial Satisfaction; 3.3.4. Housing Satisfaction; 3.3.5. Leisure Satisfaction; 3.3.6. Environmental Satisfaction in Germany; 3.3.7. Satisfaction with Social Life in the UK; 3.3.8. Marriage; 3.4. The Relation between POLS and COLS Effect Estimates; 3.5. Conclusion; Appendix 3a. Variables Description for GSOEP; Appendix 3b. Variables Description for BHPS

4. The Aggregation of Satisfactions: General Satisfaction as an Aggregate4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The Predictive (Orthodox) Approach; 4.3. The Aggregating Approach; 4.4. A Breakdown of Job Satisfaction; 4.5. Conclusion; 5. Political Satisfaction; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The Data Set; 5.3. Political Domain Satisfactions Explained; 5.4. Political Satisfaction; 5.5. The Relation between Political Satisfaction and General Satisfaction; 5.6. Conclusion; 6. Males, Females, and Households; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Model and Estimation

6.3. Domain and General Satisfaction Differences between Male and Female6.4. Covariance between Satisfactions of the Two Partners in the Household; 6.5. Conclusion; 7. The Impact of Past and Future on Present Satisfaction; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. The Model and its Operationalization; 7.3. The Model Estimated; 7.4. Applications; 7.5. Conclusion; 8. The Influence of the Reference Group on our Norms; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Straightforward Approaches; 8.3. Social Filter Theory; 8.4. Social Reference Spaces; 8.5. Discussion; 9. Health and Subjective Well-being; 9.1. Introduction

9.2. Methodology and Satisfaction Estimates9.3. Monetary Valuation of Illnesses; 9.4. Discussion of the Method; 9.5. Other Methods in the Health Economics Literature; 9.6. A Simple Operationalization of the QALY Concept; 9.7. QALY Estimates of Health Losses; 9.8. Discussion; 9.9. Conclusion; 10. The Effects of Climate on Welfare and Well-being-External Effects; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. The Effect of Climate on Household Cost; 10.3. The Effect of Climate on Household Costs Measured by Income Evaluation; 10.4. The Effects of Climate on Household Costs and Well-being in Russia

10.5. Climate Equivalence Scales Reconsidered with Income Climate-dependent

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-160773-8

1-281-85259-7

0-19-152759-9

1-4356-4240-6

OCLC:

227207337