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Handbook on the economics of happiness
Bruni, Luigino (contributor); Porta, Pier Luigi (contributor) - 2007
This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for...
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Recent developments in the economics of happiness
Frey, Bruno S. - 2013
social capital and health for well-being and the new life satisfaction approach to valuing public goods. Work on utility … Satisfaction Approach', Economic Journal, 119 (536), March, 482-515 -- Daniel Kahneman and Richard H. Thaler (2006), 'Anomalies … Diener, Yannis Georgellis and Richard E. Lucas (2008), 'Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852174
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Progressing performance and wellbeing at work : travelling the loop
Paauwe, Jaap - 2024
"Through concise investigations into key questions such as how we can develop meaningful work experiences and how we can create an enabling work setting, Jaap Paauwe aids readers' understanding of how optimal workplace commitment and organizational performance may be achieved. Progressing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635745
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Money and households in a capitalist economy : a gendered post Keynesian-institutional analysis
Todorova, Zdravka K. - 2009
Keynesian, institutional, and gender analysis to examine household economics in capitalist society in order to flesh out the …
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International perspectives on household wealth
Wolff, Edward N. (contributor) - 2006
The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851778
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Employment of women in Chinese cultures : half the sky
Granrose, Cherlyn S. (contributor) - 2005
Granrose --National policy influence on women's careers in the People's Republic of China /Yong-Qing Fang, Cherlyn Kkromme …. The volume includes chapters on the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore--nations that have common …
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Long-run growth, social institutions and living standards
Opocher, Arrigo (contributor); Salvadori, Neri (contributor) - 2009
1. Does economic growth ultimately lead to a "noble life"? : a comparative analysis of the predictions of Mill, Marshall and Keynes / Arrigo Opocher -- 2. The debate on education financing in the classical perspective / Mario Pomini -- 3. The role of the public sector in the thought of Hyman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851033
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The economics of German unification : an introduction
Lange, Thomas; Pugh, Geoff - 1998
Following German reunification in 1990, East Germany's centrally planned economy was abolished and replaced by West Germany's social market economy. Western Germany has since provided vast financial support to aid the transformation, and enable eastern Germany to catch-up with western Germany's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473913
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Sustainable welfare in the Asia-Pacific : studies using the genuine progress indicator
Lawn, Philip A. (ed.); Clarke, Matthew (ed.) - 2008
four poorer nations - China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam - are fast approaching a similar situation, but at much lower per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474049
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What has happened to the quality of life in the advanced industrialized nations?
Wolff, Edward N. (contributor) - 2004
The contributors to this volume investigate to what extent welfare has increased in the United States over the postwar period and provide a rigorous examination of both conventional measures of the standard of living, as well as more inclusive indices. The chapters cover such topics as: race,...
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