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Freedom and the Pursuit of Happiness : an Economic and Political Perspective.
This book is about the relationship between different concepts of freedom and happiness, with implications for public policy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Aim of the Book; 1.2 The Outline of the Book; 2 Individual Well-Being: Theory and Measurement; 2.1 Theoretical Foundations; 2.1.1 Utility and Well-Being in Economics; 2.1.2 Hedonic versus Eudamonic Well-Being; 2.2 The Measurement; 2.2.1 The Data: Notions and Measures; 2.2.2 Survey Data: Strengths and Weaknesses; 2.3 Policy Advocacy; 2.3.1 On the Political Neutrality of Measuring Individual Well-Being; 2.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks; 3 Autonomy Freedom and Individual Well-Being; 3.1 The Theoretical Foundations.
- 3.2 The Measurement3.2.1 The Theoretical (Axiomatic) Measure; 3.2.2 The Empirical Measure; 3.3 Autonomy Freedom and Well-Being: The Results; 3.3.1 The Evidence; 3.3.2 The Interpretation in the Literature; 3.4 Summary and Evaluation; 4 Capability and Individual Well-Being; 4.1 Capability and Happiness: Origins, Similarities, and Differences; 4.2 Capability as a Concept and a Measure of Freedom; 4.3 The Measurement of Capability; 4.4 Capabilities and Well-Being: The Results; 4.4.1 The Evidence; 4.4.2 The Interpretation in the Literature; 4.5 Summary and Conclusions.
- 5 Economic Freedom, Political Freedom, and Individual Well-Being5.1 The Theoretical Foundations; 5.1.1 Economic Freedom: The Theory; 5.1.2 Political Freedom: The Theory; 5.2 The Measurement; 5.2.1 The Measure of Economic Freedom; 5.2.2 The Measure of Political Freedom; 5.3 Economic Freedom and Well-Being: The Results; 5.3.1 The Evidence; 5.3.2 The Interpretation in the Literature; 5.4 Political Freedom and Well-Being: The Results; 5.4.1 The Evidence; 5.4.2 The Interpretation in the Literature; 5.5 Summary and Evaluations; 6 Autonomy and Negative Freedom; 6.1 Theory and Testable Hypotheses.
- 6.1.1 The Theory6.1.2 Testable Hypotheses; 6.2 Data and Empirical Methodology; 6.2.1 The Data; 6.2.2 The Linear Probability Model; 6.2.3 The Multilevel Analysis; 6.3 Autonomy and Economic Freedom: Estimation and Results; 6.3.1 The Linear Probability Model; 6.3.2 The Multilevel Analysis; 6.3.3 Interpretation of the Results; 6.4 Autonomy and Political Freedom: Estimation and Results; 6.4.1 The Multilevel Analysis; 6.4.2 Sensitivity Analysis; 6.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks; 7 Autonomy and Capability; 7.1 Theory and Testable Hypotheses; 7.1.1 Theory; 7.1.2 Theoretical Hypotheses.
- 7.2 Autonomy and HDI7.2.1 The Data; 7.2.2 The Empirical Methodology; 7.2.3 Estimation and Results; 7.3 Autonomy and Self-Reported HDI; 7.3.1 The Data; 7.3.2 Methodology, Estimation, and Results; 7.4 Autonomy and Self-Reported Capability; 7.4.1 Data; 7.4.2 Estimation and Results; 7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks; 8 Autonomy, Limited Government, Capability, and Happiness; 8.1 The Three Freedoms: Competing for the Pursuit of Happiness; 8.1.1 Empirical Methodology; 8.1.2 Estimation and Results; 8.2 Policy Implications.