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Wellbeing

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  • Richard Layard

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Wellbeing should be the overarching aim of government. Assessing policies by showing the wellbeing benefit relative to cost would mean mental health becoming a top priority for policy development.

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  • Richard Layard, 2024. "Wellbeing," CEP Election Analysis Papers 063, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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    • Layard,Richard & De Neve,Jan-Emmanuel, 2023. "Wellbeing," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781009298926.
    • Layard,Richard & De Neve,Jan-Emmanuel, 2023. "Wellbeing," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781009298940.

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    1. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve & Richard Layard, 2023. "Wellbeing: science and policy," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 656, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    2. Andrew E. Clark & Sarah Flèche & Nick Powdthavee & George Ward, 2017. "The key determinants of happiness and misery," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01513376, HAL.
    3. George Ward, 2020. "Happiness and Voting: Evidence from Four Decades of Elections in Europe," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(3), pages 504-518, July.
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      by maximorossi in NEP-LTV blog on 2022-06-02 20:03:59

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