Happiness around the world
the paradox of happy peasants and miserable millionaires
Graham, Carol
1962-
creator
text
bibliography
enk
Oxford
New York
Oxford University Press
2009
monographic
eng
xviii, 249 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
The economics of happiness -- The happiness and income debate: substance, methodology, and the Easterlin paradox -- The determinants of happiness around the world -- Does happiness matter? -- Happiness and health across countries and cultures -- Economic growth, crises, inequality, and more -- Adapting to good and bad fortune: how friends, freedom, crime, and corruption affect happiness -- Happiness around the world: lessons, and questions, for policy.
Carol Graham.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-240) and index.
Economics
Psychological aspects
Happiness
Economic aspects
Quality of life
Well-being
HB74.P8 G73 2009
305.5
9780199549054 (alk. paper)
9780199606283
0199549052 (alk. paper)
2009041062
DLC
091008
20151013113147.0
15937068