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The Origins of Happiness The Science of Well-Being Over the Life Course

Paperback • 2019 • English

The Origins of Happiness The Science of Well-Being Over the Life Course

By Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee, George Ward

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"What makes people happy? Why should governments care about people's well-being? How would policy change if well-being was the main objective? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy changes that are based on what really matters to people. Drawing on a uniquely comprehensive range of evidence from longitudinal data on over one hundred thousand individuals in Britain, the United States, Australia, and Germany, the authors co...Show more

Social theory
Psychological methodology
Psychology of ageing

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ISBN

9780691196336

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2019

Language

English

Original title

The Origins of Happiness The Science of Well-Being Over the Life Course

Format

Paperback

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