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Measuring the subjective well-being of nations : national accounts of time use and well-being / edited by Alan B. Krueger.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Krueger, Alan B.
National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series:
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
A National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Happiness--Congresses.
Happiness.
Well-being--Congresses.
Well-being.
Life--Congresses.
Life.
National characteristics--Congresses.
National characteristics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (272 p.)
Place of Publication:
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Surely everyone wants to know the source of happiness, and indeed, economists and social scientists are increasingly interested in the study and effects of subjective well-being. Putting forward a rigorous method and new data for measuring, comparing, and analyzing the relationship between well-being and the way people spend their time-across countries, demographic groups, and history-this book will help set the agenda of research and policy for decades to come. It does so by introducing a system of National Time Accounting (NTA), which relies on individuals' ow
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction and Overview
1. National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life
2. That Which Makes Life Worthwhile
3. Measuring National Well- Being
4. National Time Accounting and National Economic Accounting
5. Measuring Real Income with Leisure and Household Production
6. Well-Being Measurement and Public Policy
7. International Evidence on Well- Being
8. Thoughts on "National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life"
9. Rejoinder
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Notes:
Papers originally presented at a conference at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 7-8, 2008.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
ISBN:
9786612426650
9781282426658
1282426656
9780226454573
0226454576
OCLC:
475003206

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