Format:
XIII, 258 S.
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graph. Darst.
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zahlr. graph. Darst., zahlr. Tab., Reg., Lit.Hinw.
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24 cm
ISBN:
0815703260
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9780815703266
Content:
Improves our understanding of the determinants of well-being in Latin America using a broad "quality-of-life" concept that challenges standard assumptions in economics, including those about the relationship between happiness and income. Builds upon new economic approaches related to the study of happiness, finding some paradoxes as respondents evaluate their well-being - Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Enth. 8 Beitr
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Foreword ; How Latin Americans assess their quality of life : insights and puzzles from novel metrics of well-being
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Objective and subjective deprivation
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The conflictive relationship between satisfaction and income
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Satisfaction beyond income
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Vulnerabilities and subjective well-being
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Health perceptions and quality of life in Latin America
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Education and life satisfaction : perception or reality?
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Job insecurity and life satisfaction
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Paradox and perception Washington, D.C. : Inter-American Development Bank, 2009 ISBN 9780815703952
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0815703953
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780815703266
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0815703260
Language:
English
Keywords:
Lateinamerika
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Lebensqualität
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Graham, Carol 1962-
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