Wealth(s) and Subjective Well-Being
by Brulé, Gaël SUTER, CHRISTIAN
This volume examines the impact of wealth on quality of life and subjective well-being (SWB). As wealth is related to economic, environmental and social features of societies, this volume serves as an important resource in understanding economic and SWB. It further discusses a variety of experiences and consequences of inequalities of wealth. Through the availability of wealth data in recent international surveys, this volume explores the multiple relations between wealth and SWB. Structured ar…
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- Full title :Wealth(s) and Subjective Well-Being
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This volume examines the impact of wealth on quality of life and subjective well-being (SWB). As wealth is related to economic, environmental and social features of societies, this volume serves as an important resource in understanding economic and SWB. It further discusses a variety of experiences and consequences of inequalities of wealth. Through the availability of wealth data in recent international surveys, this volume explores the multiple relations between wealth and SWB. Structured around four main pillars the book presents analysis of the topic at various levels such as theoretical and conceptual, methodological and empirically, ending with a section on distribution and policies.
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- Publication Date:2019
- Edition:1. ed. 2019
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- Publisher(s):Imprint: Springer, Springer International Publishing
- Place of Publication:Cham
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019
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Restricted admission to print
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (XIII, 508 s. 46 illus.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783030055356, 3030055353
- DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-05535-6
- oclc:on1113865256
- Dewey Decimal:306
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction (Gaël Brulé & Christian Suter) -- Part 1. Wealth & SWB : Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations -- Chapter 2. A Historiographic Look at the Link Between Wealth and SWB (Remy Pawin) -- Chapter 3. A Review of Wealth & SWB (Ruut Veenhoven) -- Chapter 4. "Poverties" and "Wealth": Competing Definitions And Alternative Approaches to Measurement (Richard Estes) -- Chapter 5. From the Wealth of Nations to the Wealths of Nations (Mariano Rojas) -- Part 2. Wealth & SWB : Methodological Considerations -- Chapter 6. The Difficulty to Disentangle the Influences of Income and Wealth on SWB (Claudia Senik) -- Chapter 7. Wealth-SWB Relationship in the Frame of the Theory of Subjective Wellbeing homeostasis (Robert Cummins). Chapter 8. Monetary Valuations of Life Conditions in a Consistent Framework: The Life Satisfaction Approach (Shunsuke Managi) -- Chapter 9. From Wealth to Health: Evaluating Microfinance as a Complex Intervention (Neil McHugh) -- Part 3. Wealth & SWB: Empirical Findings-Household/Personal Wealth -- Chapter 10. Economic Resources and SWB among the Elderly Population (Moshe Semyonov) -- Chapter 11. What Wealth Leads to SWB? Cross-National Evidence (Lau…
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