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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851597
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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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China in the global economy
Lloyd, Peter John (contributor);  … - 2000
China in the Global Economy focuses on the theme of twin transitions occurring in the Chinese economy: the transition …. China's exporters face unprecedented competition in the world market and the flow of foreign direct investment has fallen …
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China and its regions : economic growth and reform in Chinese provinces
Renard, Mary-Françoise (contributor) - 2002
In twenty years of reform in China, the key development has been the opening-up of the market to foreign trade and …1. On the measurement of the openness of the Chinese economy -- 2. Social consequences of economic reform in China : an … analysis of regional disparity in the transition period -- 3. Provincial economic growth in China : causes and consequences of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852078
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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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Intangible capital : its contribution to economic growth, well-being and rationality
Tomer, John F. - 2008
Despite increasing research efforts, there is still much confusion regarding the nature and contribution of the most intangible forms of capital. This book develops a comprehensive and unifying conception of intangible capital in order to understand its role with respect to economic growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851117
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Handbook of creative cities
Mellander, Chorlotta (contributor);  … - 2011
With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851515
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Innovation, economic progress and the quality of life
Sweeney, Gerald Patrick (ed.) - 2001
Innovation, science and technology and the wealth gained from them make continuous media copy and yet there is a manifest imbalance in society, a paradox of more prosperity but growing exclusion. This book marks the 25th anniversary of the Six Countries Programme, which pioneered the study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474093
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Happiness, economics and politics : towards a multi-disciplinary approach
Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor);  … - 2009
This timely and important book presents a unique study of happiness from both economic and political perspectives. It offers an overview of contemporary research on the emergent field of happiness studies and contains contributions by some of the leading figures in the field
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850758