Richard Layard, Jan-Emmanuel de Neve

Wellbeing (eBook, PDF)

Science and Policy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An important new book that uses quantitative evidence to analyse the causes of subjective wellbeing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009298919
• Artikelnr.: 70913504

Autorenporträt

Richard Layard is a leading British Economist, who thinks society's goal should be the wellbeing of the people. His landmark book Happiness: Lessons from a New Science has influenced policy-makers worldwide. He is co-founder of Action for Happiness, of the World Happiness Report and of the World Wellbeing Movement. In 2020 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Britain's ESRC.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Case for Wellbeing: 1. What subjective wellbeing is and why it matters
2. Wellbeing as the goal for society
Part II. Human Nature and Wellbeing: 3. How our behaviour affects our wellbeing
4. How our thoughts affect our wellbeing
5. Our bodies, our genes and our wellbeing
Part III. How Our Experience Affects Our Wellbeing: 6. The inequality of wellbeing: some basic facts
7. Tools to explain wellbeing
8. Explaining wellbeing: a first exploration
9. Family, schooling and social media
10. Health and healthcare
11. Unemployment
12. The quality of work
13. Income
14. Community
15. The physical environment and the planet
Part IV. Government and Wellbeing: 16. How government affects wellbeing
17. How wellbeing affects voting
18. Cost effectiveness and policy choice.