Adler Matthew <br/><br/>
The Oxford handbook of well-being and public policy 

 - Oxford  Oxford University Press  2016 
 - 963p  ix 
<br/><br/>Table of contents<br/>1. Introduction Matthew D. Adler and Marc Fleurbaey<br/>PART I: METHODS OF POLICY ASSESSMENT<br/>2. GDP and Welfare Paul Schreyer<br/>3. Cost-Benefit Analysis Robin Boadway<br/>4. Inequality and Poverty Measures Frank A. Cowell<br/>5. Social Welfare Functions John A. Weymark<br/>6. QALY-Based Cost Effectiveness Analysis<br/>Jose Maria Abellan, Carmen Herrero, and Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades<br/>7. Fair Allocation William Thomson<br/>8. Social Ordering Functions Francois Maniquet<br/>9. Multidimensional Indicators of Inequality and Poverty Satya R. Chakravarty and Maria Ana Lugo<br/>10. Happiness-Based Policy Analysis Daniel Fujiwara and Paul Dolan<br/>PART II: CONCEPTIONS OF WELL-BEING <br/>11. Preference-Based Views of Well-Being Krister Bykvist<br/>12. Mental-State Approaches to Well-Being Daniel M. Haybron<br/>13. Objective Goods Thomas Hurka<br/>14. Subjective Well-Being in Psychology Richard E. Lucas<br/>15. Subjective Well-Being in Economics Carol Graham<br/>PART III: MEASURING WELL-BEING: A DEBATE<br/>16. Equivalent Income<br/>Marc Fleurbaey<br/><br/>17. Extended Preferences<br/>Matthew D. Adler<br/><br/>18. SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being<br/>Andrew E. Clark<br/><br/>19. Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data<br/>Koen Decancq and Dirk Neumann.<br/><br/>20. Does Fairness Require a Multidimensional Approach?<br/>Richard Arneson<br/><br/>21. The Capability Approach<br/>Sabina Alkire<br/><br/>22. Measuring Poverty: A Proposal<br/>Thomas Pogge and Scott Wisor<br/><br/>23. Multidimensional Poverty Indices: A Critical Assessment<br/>Jean-Yves Duclos and Luca Tiberti<br/><br/>PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR POLICY ASSESSMENT<br/><br/>24. Social Evaluation under Risk and Uncertainty<br/>Philippe Mongin and Marcus Pivato.<br/><br/>25. Individual Responsibility and Equality of Opportunity<br/>Francisco H.G. Ferriera and Vito Peragine.<br/><br/>26. Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Prices, Consumption, and Preferences<br/>D.S. Prasada Rao<br/><br/>27: Welfare and the Household<br/>P.A. Chiappori<br/><br/>28. Preference Inconsistency: A Psychological Perspective<br/>Eldar Shafir<br/><br/>29. Lifetime Well-Being, Mortality Risk, and Public Policy<br/>Gregory Ponthiere<br/><br/>30. The Well-Being of Future Generations<br/>John Broome 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199325818 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1. Public Welfare - Social Policy - Well-Being2. Quality Of Life - Evaluation - Welfare Economics 3. Economic Indicatos - Economic Policy - Social Indicators
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.000000  / ADL