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Toward an Economy of Well-Being Happiness Around the World The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires by Carol Graham Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009. 267 pp. $24.95, £14.99. ISBN 9780199549054.

Science · 2010 · 39 citations · 1 references

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Social SciencesEconomicsSocial PolicyDevelopment EconomicsEconomic PolicyPublic EconomicsEconomic OutcomesHousehold EconomicsIncome DistributionPovertyQuality Of LifeWelfare EconomicsEconomic WelfareSocial Policy DesignTheory Of HappinessWell-beingWell-being Economics

Abstract

Drawing on survey findings from around the world, Graham explores the relation between happiness and income and considers its implications for social policy.

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Priming and communication: Social determinants of information use in judgments of life satisfaction

Fritz Strack, Leonard L. Martin, Norbert Schwarz · European Journal of Social Psychology · 1988 · 478 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +6

Toward an Economy of Well-Being <b>Happiness Around the World</b> The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires <b> <i>by Carol Graham</i> </b> Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009. 267 pp. $24.95, £14.99. ISBN 9780199549054.

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