Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. The analysis of income satisfaction with an application to family equivalence scales -- 3. Domain satisfactions -- 4. The aggregation of satisfactions: General satisfaction as an aggregate -- 5. Political satisfaction -- 6. Males, females, and households -- 7. The impact on past and future on present satisfaction -- 8. The influence of the reference group on norms -- 9. Health and subjective well-being -- 10. The effects of climate on welfare and well-being: External effects -- 11. How to find compensations for aircraft noise nuisance -- 12. Taxation and well-being -- 13. Subjective income inequalities -- 14. A generalized approach to subjective inequalities -- 15. Poverty -- 16. Epilogue -- References
Summary
How do we measure happiness? Focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare and well-being, this book finds ways to do just that
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-332) and index
