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Paradox and perception : measuring quality of life in Latin America /

"Improves our understanding of the determinants of well-being in Latin America using a broad "quality-of-life" concept that challenges standard assumptions in economics, including those about the relationship between happiness and income. Builds upon new economic approaches related to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Inter-American Development Bank
Otros Autores: Graham, Carol, 1962-, Lora, Eduardo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Inter-American Development Bank : Brookings Institution Press, ©2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • How Latin Americans assess their quality of life : insights and puzzles from novel metrics of well-being / Carol Graham and Jere R. Behrman
  • Objective and subjective deprivation / Leonardo Gasparini [and others]
  • The conflictive relationship between satisfaction and income / Eduardo Lora and Juan Camilo Chaparro
  • Satisfaction beyond income / Eduardo Lora, Juan Camilo Chaparro, and María Victoria Rodríguez
  • Vulnerabilities and subjective well-being / Mauricio Cárdenas, Carolina Mejía, and Vicenzo di Maro
  • Health perceptions and quality of life in Latin America / Carol Graham and Eduardo Lora
  • Education and life satisfaction : perception or reality? / Mauricio Cárdenas, Carolina Mejía, and Vincenzo di Maro
  • Job insecurity and life satisfaction / Naercio Aquino Menezes-Filho, Raphael Botura Corbi, and Andrea Zaitune Curi.