{"product_id":"9780191607738","title":"Happiness Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do we measure happiness? Focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare and well-being, this book finds ways to do that. Subjective measures have been used by psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and, more recently, economists to answer a variety of scientifically and politically relevant questions. Van Praag, a pioneer in this field since 1971, and Ferrer-i-Carbonell present in this book a generally applicable methodology for the analysis of subjective satisfaction. Drawing on a range of surveys on people's satisfaction with their jobs, income, housing, marriages, and government policy, among other areas of life, this book shows how satisfaction with life \"as a whole\" is an aggregate of these domain satisfactions. Using German, British, Dutch, and Russian data, the authors cover a wide range of topics. This groundbreaking book presents a new and fruitful methodology that constitutes a welcome addition to the social sciences. The paperback edition has been revised to bring the literature review up-to-date and the chapter on poverty has been revised and extended to take account of new research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079299842288,"sku":"9780191607738","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780191607738_p0.jpg?v=1763661418","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780191607738","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}