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Measuring Well-Being and Progress
Luca D’Acci - In: Social Indicators Research 104 (2011) 1, pp. 47-65
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009402304
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A Framework to measure the progress of societies
Giovannini, Enrico; Hall, Jon; Morrone, Adolfo; … - In: Revue d'économie politique 121 (2011) 1, pp. 93-118
consultative approach, and different initiatives to measure progress will require different frameworks. The aim of this paper is to … present a proposed framework for measuring the progress of societies, and to compare it with other progress frameworks that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009132534
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Global Progress I: Empirical Evidence for ongoing Increase in Quality-of-life
Heylighen, Francis; Bernheim, Jan - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 1 (2000) 3, pp. 323-349
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005371220
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The Mixed Blessings of Material Progress: Diminishing Returns in the Pursuit of Happiness
Eckersley, Richard - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 1 (2000) 3, pp. 267-292
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597916
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Re-emphasizing sustainable development — The concept of ‘Evolutionability’
Keiner, Marco - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 6 (2005) 4, pp. 379-392
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010997197
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Evidence-Based Well-Being/Positive Psychology Assessment and Intervention with Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching and the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI)
Frisch, Michael - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 2, pp. 193-227
>, p. 292), evidence-based approach to well being, happiness, and positive psychology intervention suitable for both … happiness. Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching is “manualized” in the form of the book entitled Quality of Life Therapy (Frisch … interventions, and monitoring progress, outcome, and follow-up with the evidence-based well-being assessment, the Quality of Life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010999450
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Efficienza e Qualità della Vita
Patrizii, Vincenzo; Pettini, Anna; Resce, Giuliano - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2014
Il primo obiettivo di questo lavoro è proporre un metodo di aggregazione del Better Life Index (BLI), che non richieda alcuna scelta riguardo al peso relativo delle singole variabili; il secondo obiettivo è valutare l’efficienza nella produzione del BLI. Per entrambi i fini si sceglie di...
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Poverty and Subjective Well-being in Mexico
Lever, Joaquina - In: Social Indicators Research 68 (2004) 1, pp. 1-33
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403899
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Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and … inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association …. Our findings suggest that their conclusions are qualitatively rather insensitive to the specific measure of ‘happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596419
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Accounting for Unobserved Country Heterogeneity in Happiness Research: Country Fixed Effects versus Region Fixed Effects
Fischer, Justina AV - Centro di Studi Internazionali Sull'Economia e la … - 2010
Many empirical studies are ambiguous about whether good formal institutions are conducive to subjective well-being or not. Possibly, this ambiguity is caused by cross-section models that do not account for unobserved cultural and institutional effects. Using the World Value Survey 1980-2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498345