Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations : National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being /
National Bureau of Economic Research.
Krueger, Alan B., editor.
Surely everyone wants to know the source of happiness, and indeed, economists and social scientists are increasingly interested in the study and effects of subjective well-being. Putting forward a rigorous method and new data for measuring, comparing, and analyzing the relationship between well-being and the way people spend their time-across countries, demographic groups, and history-this book will help set the agenda of research and policy for decades to come. It does so by introducing a system of National Time Accounting (NTA), which relies on individuals' ow
Surely everyone wants to know the source of happiness, and indeed, economists and social scientists are increasingly interested in the study and effects of subjective well-being. Putting forward a rigorous method and new data for measuring, comparing, and analyzing the relationship between well-being and the way people spend their time-across countries, demographic groups, and history-this book will help set the agenda of research and policy for decades to come. It does so by introducing a system of National Time Accounting (NTA), which relies on individuals' ow
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers originally presented at a conference at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 7-8, 2008.
Includes index.

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Happiness
Well-being
Life
National characteristics