Happiness quantified: a satisfaction calculus approach

Authors
Publication date 2004
ISBN
  • 0198286546
  • 9780198286547
Number of pages 352
Publisher Oxford: Oxford University Press
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS)
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract
One of the most interesting subjects for a scientific researcher is people themselves. Humankind is the subject of the social sciences; namely, psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, and political sciences. But these are still scientific backwaters, beyond the mainstream. This change can materialize in changing one's habits, changing one's job, changing one's family situation, buying new furniture, etc. Since all the domains in their turn depend on objectively measurable variables like income, age, etc., it is also possible to find the effect of additional income on all domains and to aggregate those effects into one effect with respect to life as a whole.
Document type Book
Note revised edition in paperback
Language English
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