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Measuring happiness : the economics of well-being / Joachim Weimann, Andreas Knabe, and Ronnie Schöb.

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An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being.

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Main Authors: Weimann, Joachim, 1956- (Author), Knabe, Andreas (Author), Schöb, Ronnie (Author)
Other title:Geld macht doch glücklich. English
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Quality of life > Economic aspects.
Well-being > Economic aspects.
Happiness > Economic aspects.
Money > Psychological aspects.
Wealth > Psychological aspects.
Economics > Psychological aspects.
Economics > Psychological aspects
Happiness > Economic aspects
Money > Psychological aspects
Wealth > Psychological aspects
Table of Contents:
  • The economics of happiness and its most important results. The end of materialism?
  • Economists' way of thinking : "more is better than less"
  • The Easterlin attack
  • If money doesn't make us happy, what then?
  • The economic determinants of happiness
  • What is to be done if money doesn't make us happy?
  • What is happiness research telling us? Are we measuring correctly?
  • How much truth is there in the Easterlin Paradox?
  • Unemployed and happy?!
  • The importance of relative position
  • Conclusion.

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