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27 produkter
Wellbeing
Science and Policy
Av Richard Layard, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Häftad, 2023
422 kr
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What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future …
Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
Av Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
376 kr
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A new perspective on life satisfaction and well-being over the life courseWhat makes people happy? 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 range of evidence …
Good Childhood
Searching for Values in a Competitive Age
E-bok, 2009
108 kr
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Every day the newspapers lament the problems facing our children - broken homes, pressures to eat and drink, the stress of exams. The same issues are discussed in every pub and at every dinner party. But is life really more difficult for children than it was, and if so why? And how can we make it …
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Häftad, 2006
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
336 kr
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Unemployment
Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market
Av Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
1162 kr
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This book is concerned with why unemployment is so high and why it fluctuates so wildly. It shows how unemployment affects inflation, and discusses whether full employment can ever be combined with price stability. It asks why some groups have higher unemployment rates than others. The book thus …
Combatting Unemployment
Av Richard Layard, Stephen J. Nickell m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
435 kr
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Why is unemployment higher in some countries than others? Why does it fluctuate between decades? Why are some people at greater risk than others? Layard and Nickell have worked on these issues for thirty years. Their famous model, first published in 1986, is now used throughout the world. It …
Unemployment
Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market
Av Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
3907 kr
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This broad survey of unemployment will be a major source of reference for both scholars and students. It aims to provide a basis for better policy: showing how the lessons learned from experience and theory can be applied to greatly reduce the waste and misery of high unemployment.The book surveys …
Unemployment
Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market
Av Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
1469 kr
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This broad survey of unemployment is a benchmark summary of the authors position which became hugely influential. This second edition brings the analysis up to date by relating it to recent empirical developments. This book is a major source of reference for both scholars and students.
Combatting Unemployment
Av Richard Layard, Stephen J. Nickell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1755 kr
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Why is unemployment higher in some countries than others? Why does it fluctuate between decades? Why are some people at greater risk than others? Layard and Nickell have worked on these issues for thirty years. Their famous model, first published in 1986, is now used throughout the world. It …
Tackling Unemployment
E-bok, 1999
2243 kr
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Richard Layard is one of Britain''s foremost applied economists, whose work has had a profound impact on the policy debate in Britain and abroad. This book contains his most influential articles on the subject of unemployment. It is published along with a companion volume Inequality , which deals …
Can We Be Happier?
Evidence and Ethics
Av Richard Layard, George Ward
E-bok, 2020
108 kr
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From the bestselling author of Happiness and co-editor of the annual World Happiness ReportMost people now realize that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and …
Happiness
Lessons from a New Science (Second Edition)
Häftad, 2011
148 kr
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In this new edition of his landmark book, Richard Layard shows that there is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income. Yet as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not just anecdotally true, it is the story told by countless pieces of scientific …
Happiness
Lessons from a New Science (Second Edition)
E-bok, 2011
108 kr
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In this new edition of his landmark book, Richard Layard shows that there is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income. Yet as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not just anecdotally true, it is the story told by countless pieces of scientific …
Thrive
The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies
Av Richard Layard, David M. Clark
E-bok, 2014
108 kr
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A ground-breaking argument for better treatment of mental health from Richard Layard (author of Happiness) and David M. Clark.Britain has become a world leader in providing psychological therapies thanks to the work of Richard Layard and David Clark. But, even so, in Britain and worldwide the …
Thrive
The Power of Psychological Therapy
Av Richard Layard, David M. Clark
Häftad, 2015
137 kr
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A ground-breaking argument for better treatment of mental health from Richard Layard (author of Happiness) and David M. Clark.Britain has become a world leader in providing psychological therapies thanks to the work of Richard Layard and David Clark. But, even so, in Britain and worldwide the …
Tackling Unemployment
Inbunden, 1999
1642 kr
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Richard Layard is one of Britain's foremost applied economists, whose work has had a profound impact on the policy debate in Britain and abroad. This book contains his most influential articles on the subject of unemployment. It is published along with a companion volume Inequality , which deals …
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Av Richard Layard, Stephen Glaister
Häftad, 1994
720 kr
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Should India build a new steel mill, or London an urban motorway? Should higher education expand, or water supplies be improved? These are typical questions about which cost-benefit analysis has something to say. It is the main tool that economics provides for analysing problems of social choice. …
Thrive: How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money
Av Richard Layard, David M. Clark
Inbunden
332 kr
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Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
Av Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
446 kr
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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 …
Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
Av George Ward, Nattavudh Powdthavee m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
388 kr
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A new perspective on life satisfaction and well-being over the life course What makes people happy? 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 range of …
Wellbeing
Science and Policy
Av Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Richard Layard
E-bok, 2023
420 kr
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What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future …
Wellbeing
Science and Policy
Av Richard Layard, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Inbunden, 2023
1653 kr
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What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future …
Value for Money
The New Cost-Benefit Analysis Targeting Wellbeing
Av David Frayman, Christian Krekel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1311 kr
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Governments spend billions on our behalf. But how should this money be spent? The purpose should be to increase the wellbeing of the people. So the best policies are those which produce the most wellbeing per pound spent. The new science of wellbeing now enables us to make these calculations. The …
Value for Money
The New Cost-Benefit Analysis Targeting Wellbeing
Av David Frayman, Christian Krekel m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
389 kr
Kommande
Governments spend billions on our behalf. But how should this money be spent? The purpose should be to increase the wellbeing of the people. So the best policies are those which produce the most wellbeing per pound spent. The new science of wellbeing now enables us to make these calculations. The …
Post-Communist Reform
Pain and Progress
Av Olivier Blanchard, Maxim Boycko m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
291 kr
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What the Future Holds
Insights from Social Science
Av Richard N. Cooper, Richard Layard
Häftad, 2003
51 kr
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