Wellbeing: Science and Policy

Peter R. G. Layard

ISBN 10: 1009298941 / ISBN 13: 9781009298940

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future generations. Written by two of the world's leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, this book shows how wellbeing can be measured, what causes it and how it can be improved. Its findings are profoundly relevant to all social sciences, including psychology, economics, politics, behavioural science and sociology. A field-defining text on a new science that aims to span the whole of human life, this will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, policy-makers and employers, who can apply its insights in their professional and private lives. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Codice articolo 4aac5fff-d049-492a-ad37-9866e556c009

Riassunto:

An important new book that uses quantitative evidence to analyse the causes of subjective wellbeing.

Informazioni sugli autori: Richard Layard is a leading British Economist, who thinks society's goal should be the wellbeing of the people. His landmark book Happiness: Lessons from a New Science has influenced policy-makers worldwide. He is co-founder of Action for Happiness, of the World Happiness Report and of the World Wellbeing Movement. In 2020 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Britain's ESRC.

Jan-Emmanuel De Neve is a Belgian Economist and professor at the University of Oxford where he directs the Wellbeing Research Centre. He is best known for his research on the economics of wellbeing which was selected among "The Management Ideas that Mattered Most" by Harvard Business Review and he was awarded the Veenhoven Award for his contributions to the scientific study of happiness. He is an editor of the World Happiness Report and co-founder of the World Wellbeing Movement.

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Titolo: Wellbeing: Science and Policy
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2023
Legatura: Softcover
Condizione: Fine