Paradox and Perception : Measuring Quality of Life in Latin America /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Lora, Eduardo, Graham, Carol, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Equality > Latin America.
Income distribution > Latin America.
Latin America > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 ... [et al.]
  • 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.

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