The Economics of Well-Being
by
Joachim Weimann, Andreas Knabe, Ronnie Schöb
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being.
Can money buy happiness? Is income a reliable measure for life satisfaction? In the West after World War II, happiness seemed inextricably connected to prosperity. Beginning in the 1960s,...