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008			171023s2018 njua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017028273
020			_a9780691177892 (hardback)
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040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aBF575.H27 _bC577 2018
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084			_aPSY031000 _aPSY036000 _aBUS069000 _aSOC026000 _aPOL028000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aClark, Andrew E.,
245	1	4	_aThe origins of happiness : _bthe science of well-being over the life course / _cAndrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward.
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2018]
300			_aviii, 325 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"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 matters to people. Drawing on a uniquely comprehensive range of evidence from longitudinal data on over one hundred thousand individuals in Britain, the United States, Australia, and Germany, the authors consider the key factors that affect human well-being. The authors explore factors such as income, education, employment, family conflict, health, childcare, and crime -- and their findings are not what we might expect. Contrary to received wisdom, income inequality accounts for only two percent or less of the variance in happiness across the population; the critical factors affecting a person's happiness are their relationships and their mental and physical health. More people are in misery due to mental illness than to poverty, unemployment, or physical illness. Examining how childhood influences happiness in adulthood, the authors show that academic performance is a less important predictor than emotional health and behavior, which is shaped tremendously by schools, individual teachers, and parents. For policymakers, the authors propose new forms of cost-effectiveness analysis that places well-being at center stage. Groundbreaking in its scope and results, The Origins of Happiness offers all of us a new vision for how we might become more healthy, happy, and whole"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 281-299) and index.
650		0	_aHappiness.
650		7	_aPSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aFlèche, Sarah,
700	1		_aLayard, Richard, _d1934-
700	1		_aPowdthavee, Nick,
700	1		_aWard, George,
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