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Happiness and hardship : opportunity and insecurity in new market economies / Carol Graham, Stefano Pettinato.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2002.Description: xi, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 081570240X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0815702418 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Happiness & hardship [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9/001/9
LOC classification:
  • HC 79 G738h 2002
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 79 G738h 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000121828

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.

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.

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.

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