Happiness and Development
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Keywords
development policy; subjective well-being; happiness; measurement;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2016-08-07 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-HAP-2016-08-07 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LTV-2016-08-07 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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