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Title Measuring the subjective well-being of nations : national accounts of time use and well-being / edited by Alan B. Krueger
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009

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Description viii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
Contents National time accounting: the currency of life / Alan B. Krueger ... [et al.] -- That which makes life worthwhile / George Loewenstein -- Measuring national well-being / David M. Cutler -- National time accounting and national economic accounting / J. Steven Landefeld and Shaunda Villones -- Measuring real income with leisure and household production / William Nordhaus -- Well-being measurement and public policy / Richard Layard -- International evidence on well-being / David G. Blanchflower -- Thoughts on "National time accounting: the currency of life" / Erik Hurst -- Rejoinder / Alan B. Krueger ... [et al.]
Notes Papers originally presented at a conference at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 7-8, 2008
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Happiness -- Congresses.
Well-being -- Congresses.
Life -- Congresses.
National characteristics -- Congresses.
Quality of life -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Krueger, Alan B.
National Bureau of Economic Research.
LC no. 2009005897
ISBN 9780226454566 cloth alkaline paper
0226454568 cloth alkaline paper