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Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Group Author: Diener, Ed.; Lucas, Richard; Schimmack, Ulrich
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford ; New York :
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Series in positive psychology
Subjects:
Quality of life > Evaluation.
Well-being > Evaluation.
Economic indicators.
Social indicators.
Political planning > Evaluation.
Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=bc1821bc5f74429b9a9fa34e70277510
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-235) and index.
ISBN: 9780199715299
Index Number: HN25
CLC: C915
Contents: Section I: Measuring well-being for public policy -- Using well-being to inform public policy -- Defining well-being -- Section II: How well-being adds information -- Limitations of economic and social indicators -- Contributions of well-being measures -- The well-being measures are valid -- Issues regarding the use of well-being measures for policy -- The desirability of well-being as a guide for policy -- Section III: Examples of policy uses of well-being measures -- Health and well-being: policy examples -- The environment and well-being : policy examples -- Work, the economy, and well-being : policy examples -- The social context of well-being : policy examples -- Section IV: Implementing the measures -- Existing surveys -- Conclusions.

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