Buch, Englisch, 481 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1014 g
How the Easterlin Paradox Transformed Our Understanding of Well-Being and Progress
Buch, Englisch, 481 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1014 g
ISBN: 978-3-030-15834-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
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Research
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- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Positive Psychologie, Glücksforschung
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie der Lebensart, Well-Being
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie
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Part 1. Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Relevance of Richard Easterlin’s Groundbreaking Work. A Historical Perspective (Mariano Rojas).- Part 2. Income and Happiness.- Chapter 2. The Easterlin Paradox Revisited: Who is Right? (Maarten Vendrik).- Chapter 3. Relative Income, Subjective Wellbeing and the Easterlin Paradox: Intra- and Inter-national Comparisons (Arthur Grimes).- Chapter 4. Relative Income in Latin America (Mariano Rojas).- Part 3. Happiness in Welfare Economics.- Chapter 5. Does Happiness Improve Welfare Economics a Lot? (Gabriel Leite Mota).- Chapter 6. The Easterlin Paradox from the Perspective of Scitovsky’s The Joyless Economy (Maurizio Pugno).- Part 4. Happiness in Development.- Chapter 7. It’s not the Economy, Stupid! Shifting Policies from Economic Growth to Social Capital and Happiness (Stefano Bartolini).- Chapter 8. Homo Economics and Happiness: Towards more Sustainable Development (Martin Binder).- Chapter 9. Keynes' Grandchildren and Easterlin's Paradox: What isKeeping us from Reducing our Working Hours? (Johannes Hirata).- Chapter 10. Using Well-Being Metrics to Assess Social Well-Being and Ill-Being: Lessons from Rising Mortality Rates in the United States (Carol Graham).- Part 5. Social Foundations of Happiness.- Chapter 11. When does the Weight of Expectations hit Children? And are They Peer Oriented? (Paul Frijters).- Chapter 12. Social Foundations of the Life Course of Happiness (John F. Helliwell).- Part 6. Happiness along the Life Course.- Chapter 13. Born to be Mild? Cohort Effects don’t (fully) Explain why Well-being is U-shaped in Age (Andrew E. Clark).- Chapter 14. Do Modern Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets (David G. Blanchflower ).- Part 7. Happiness in Economics.- Chapter 15. Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes (Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell ).- Chapter 15. Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes (Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell).- Chapter 16. Happiness and Lottery Wins (Andrew J. Oswald).- Part 8. Happiness in Politics.- Chapter 17. The Subjective Well-being Political Paradox: Evidence from Latin America (Anke C. Plagnol).