The Oxford handbook of well-being and public policy

What are the methodologies that we should employ for designing and evaluating governmental policy, in light of the profound effects that policies have on the level and distribution of individuals' well-being? The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy is a comprehensive, interdisciplin...

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Other Authors: Adler, Matthew D. (Editor), Fleurbaey, Marc (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2016, 2016
Series:Oxford handbooks online / Oxford handbooks online
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Summary:What are the methodologies that we should employ for designing and evaluating governmental policy, in light of the profound effects that policies have on the level and distribution of individuals' well-being? The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary treatment of this question, drawing from welfare economics, moral philosophy, and psychology. It covers policy-assessment methodologies, both established and emerging, and reviews philosophical conceptions of well-being, and the literature on "subjective well-being" in psychology and economics. Further chapters focus specifically on well-being measurement, and a variety of challenges for policy assessment
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199349715