TY - BOOK AU - Graham,Carol ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The pursuit of happiness: an economy of well-being T2 - A Brookings focus book AV - HB74.P8 G733 2011eb U1 - 330.01/9 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - Economics KW - Psychological aspects KW - Happiness KW - Quality of life KW - Uncertainty KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Happiness : a new science -- What we mean by happiness : a "theory" of agency and well-being -- Happiness around the world : what we know -- Adaptation and other puzzles -- GNH versus GNP?; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "Focuses on the role in the policymaking process of new metrics for measuring the effects on individual well-being of institutional, macroeconomic, and policy environments--for example, the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty and lack of access to health insurance--as well as the effects of factors such as commuting time, divorce, job status, and obesity"--Provided by publisher UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10583968 ER -