The pursuit of happiness an economy of well-being /

"Focuses on the role in the policymaking process of new metrics for measuring the effects on individual well-being of institutional, macroeconomic, and policy environments--for example, the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty and lack of access to health insurance--as well as the effects of fa...

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Main Author: Graham, Carol, 1962-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.
Series:Brookings focus books.
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Summary:"Focuses on the role in the policymaking process of new metrics for measuring the effects on individual well-being of institutional, macroeconomic, and policy environments--for example, the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty and lack of access to health insurance--as well as the effects of factors such as commuting time, divorce, job status, and obesity"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xi, 164 p. : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780815724391 (electronic bk.)