Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 174 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
0815798555
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9780815798552
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081570240X
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9780815702405
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0815702418
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9780815702412
Content:
Subjective well being, or happiness, has been analyzed in detail by psychologists for decades. Yet only recently has it become the subject of economic analysis. In Happiness and Hardship, Carol Graham and Stefano Pettinato provide a new conceptual framework for analyzing the relationship between subjective well being and the political sustainability of market-oriented economic growth in 17 Latin American countries and Russia. Several variables#x97;such as marital status, employment, and inflation#x97;are known to influence happiness. Graham and Pettinato have identified other variables that have impor
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index
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New approaches to old inequities: mobility, opportunity, and subjective well-being -- Mobility, subjective well-being, and public perceptions: stuck in the tunnel or moving up the ladder? -- Concepts and trends in income mobility -- Happiness, markets, and democracy: Latin America, Russia, and the United States -- Frustrated achievers: mobility trends and subjective well-being -- Frustrated achievers in a global economy: challenges for policy and for future research.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Graham, Carol, 1962- Happiness and hardship Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2002 ISBN 081570240X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0815702418
Language:
English
Author information:
Graham, Carol 1962-
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