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dc.contributor.authorOswald, Andrew J.en
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-20-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-23T11:42:55Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-23T11:42:55Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/52051-
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues - in line with the proposals of the recent Stiglitz Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress - that we should now be measuring a nation's emotional prosperity rather than its economic prosperity (that is, we ought to focus on the level of mental well-being not the number of pounds in people's bank accounts). The paper reviews recent ideas in this field. It also describes seven recent studies that, worryingly, suggest that emotional prosperity may be declining through time. For labour-market specialists, a key question for future research is how much this downward trend can be traced back to increased pressures in working life. That question currently remains open.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5390en
dc.subject.jelI1en
dc.subject.jelI3en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordwell-beingen
dc.subject.keywordbiomarkersen
dc.subject.keywordGHQen
dc.subject.keywordhappinessen
dc.subject.keywordEasterlin paradoxen
dc.titleEmotional prosperity and the Stiglitz Commission-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn670289116en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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