Happiness Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach
By: Praag, Bernard M.S. van
| Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada.
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BookPublisher: New York, Oxford University Press, 2007Edition: rev. ed.Description: 370 pages.ISBN: 978-0-19-922614-6.Subject(s): econometric model | happiness | decision making | satisfaction analysis | social science | well-being | health | climate | well-being | inequality | Online resources: Publisher's website Summary: This book deals with satisfaction analysis, the way humans evaluate many aspects of their situation. It focuses on that which precedes decision taking, i.e., judgements and evaluations, likes and dislikes, and from which preference orderings originate. Although written by two economists, the book is intended for social scientists with the aim of promoting discussion between the two disciplines. It presents methodology by which satisfaction can be analysed along the lines similar to those used by econometricians to analyse ‘objective’ variables.
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This book deals with satisfaction analysis, the way humans evaluate many aspects of their situation. It focuses on that which precedes decision taking, i.e., judgements and evaluations, likes and dislikes, and from which preference orderings originate. Although written by two economists, the book is intended for social scientists with the aim of promoting discussion between the two disciplines. It presents methodology by which satisfaction can be analysed along the lines similar to those used by econometricians to analyse ‘objective’ variables.
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