| Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being Contributor(s): Krueger, Alan B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226454568 ISBN-13: 9780226454566 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $93.06 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Business & Economics | International - General |
| Dewey: 152.420 |
| LCCN: 2009005897 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Surely everyone wants to know the source of happiness, and indeed, economists and social scientists are increasingly interested in the study and effects of subjective well-being. Putting forward a rigorous method and new data for measuring, comparing, and analyzing the relationship between well-being and the way people spend their time--across countries, demographic groups, and history--this book will help set the agenda of research and policy for decades to come. It does so by introducing a system of National Time Accounting (NTA), which relies on individuals' own evaluations of their emotional experiences during various uses of time, a distinct departure from subjective measures such as life satisfaction and objective measures such as the Gross Domestic Product. A distinguished group of contributors here summarize the NTA method, provide illustrative findings about well-being based on NTA, and subject the approach to a rigorous conceptual and methodological critique that advances the field. As subjective well-being is topical in economics, psychology, and other social sciences, this book should have cross-disciplinary appeal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Krueger, Alan B.: - Alan B. Krueger (1960-2019) was the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University and a research sssociate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. A labor economist by training, he was known for his early work in finding that the minimum wage did not reduce employment among low-wage workers. He also studied the role of the opioids epidemic in reducing employment among men. From 1994 to 1995, he was the Labor Department's chief economist under President Bill Clinton. In President Barack Obama's administration, he was an assistant secretary of the Treasury from 2009 to 2010 and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2011 to 2013. He received the Kershaw Prize, Mahalanobis Prize, and IZA Prize (with David Card), and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |