The Oxford handbook of well-being and public policy

By:

Adler Matthew

Contributor(s):

Fleurbaey Marc

Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016Description: 963p ixISBN:

9780199325818

Subject(s):

1. Public Welfare - Social Policy - Well-Being2. Quality Of Life - Evaluation - Welfare Economics 3. Economic Indicatos - Economic Policy - Social Indicators

DDC classification:

306.000000 ADL

Contents:

Table of contents 1. Introduction Matthew D. Adler and Marc Fleurbaey PART I: METHODS OF POLICY ASSESSMENT 2. GDP and Welfare Paul Schreyer 3. Cost-Benefit Analysis Robin Boadway 4. Inequality and Poverty Measures Frank A. Cowell 5. Social Welfare Functions John A. Weymark 6. QALY-Based Cost Effectiveness Analysis Jose Maria Abellan, Carmen Herrero, and Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades 7. Fair Allocation William Thomson 8. Social Ordering Functions Francois Maniquet 9. Multidimensional Indicators of Inequality and Poverty Satya R. Chakravarty and Maria Ana Lugo 10. Happiness-Based Policy Analysis Daniel Fujiwara and Paul Dolan PART II: CONCEPTIONS OF WELL-BEING 11. Preference-Based Views of Well-Being Krister Bykvist 12. Mental-State Approaches to Well-Being Daniel M. Haybron 13. Objective Goods Thomas Hurka 14. Subjective Well-Being in Psychology Richard E. Lucas 15. Subjective Well-Being in Economics Carol Graham PART III: MEASURING WELL-BEING: A DEBATE 16. Equivalent Income Marc Fleurbaey 17. Extended Preferences Matthew D. Adler 18. SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being Andrew E. Clark 19. Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data Koen Decancq and Dirk Neumann. 20. Does Fairness Require a Multidimensional Approach? Richard Arneson 21. The Capability Approach Sabina Alkire 22. Measuring Poverty: A Proposal Thomas Pogge and Scott Wisor 23. Multidimensional Poverty Indices: A Critical Assessment Jean-Yves Duclos and Luca Tiberti PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR POLICY ASSESSMENT 24. Social Evaluation under Risk and Uncertainty Philippe Mongin and Marcus Pivato. 25. Individual Responsibility and Equality of Opportunity Francisco H.G. Ferriera and Vito Peragine. 26. Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Prices, Consumption, and Preferences D.S. Prasada Rao 27: Welfare and the Household P.A. Chiappori 28. Preference Inconsistency: A Psychological Perspective Eldar Shafir 29. Lifetime Well-Being, Mortality Risk, and Public Policy Gregory Ponthiere 30. The Well-Being of Future Generations John Broome

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Table of contents
1. Introduction Matthew D. Adler and Marc Fleurbaey
PART I: METHODS OF POLICY ASSESSMENT
2. GDP and Welfare Paul Schreyer
3. Cost-Benefit Analysis Robin Boadway
4. Inequality and Poverty Measures Frank A. Cowell
5. Social Welfare Functions John A. Weymark
6. QALY-Based Cost Effectiveness Analysis
Jose Maria Abellan, Carmen Herrero, and Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades
7. Fair Allocation William Thomson
8. Social Ordering Functions Francois Maniquet
9. Multidimensional Indicators of Inequality and Poverty Satya R. Chakravarty and Maria Ana Lugo
10. Happiness-Based Policy Analysis Daniel Fujiwara and Paul Dolan
PART II: CONCEPTIONS OF WELL-BEING
11. Preference-Based Views of Well-Being Krister Bykvist
12. Mental-State Approaches to Well-Being Daniel M. Haybron
13. Objective Goods Thomas Hurka
14. Subjective Well-Being in Psychology Richard E. Lucas
15. Subjective Well-Being in Economics Carol Graham
PART III: MEASURING WELL-BEING: A DEBATE
16. Equivalent Income
Marc Fleurbaey

17. Extended Preferences
Matthew D. Adler

18. SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being
Andrew E. Clark

19. Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data
Koen Decancq and Dirk Neumann.

20. Does Fairness Require a Multidimensional Approach?
Richard Arneson

21. The Capability Approach
Sabina Alkire

22. Measuring Poverty: A Proposal
Thomas Pogge and Scott Wisor

23. Multidimensional Poverty Indices: A Critical Assessment
Jean-Yves Duclos and Luca Tiberti

PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR POLICY ASSESSMENT

24. Social Evaluation under Risk and Uncertainty
Philippe Mongin and Marcus Pivato.

25. Individual Responsibility and Equality of Opportunity
Francisco H.G. Ferriera and Vito Peragine.

26. Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Prices, Consumption, and Preferences
D.S. Prasada Rao

27: Welfare and the Household
P.A. Chiappori

28. Preference Inconsistency: A Psychological Perspective
Eldar Shafir

29. Lifetime Well-Being, Mortality Risk, and Public Policy
Gregory Ponthiere

30. The Well-Being of Future Generations
John Broome

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