NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being

Alan B. Krueger, editor

Conference held December 7-8, 2007
Published in October 2009 by University of Chicago Press
© 2009 by the National Bureau of Economic Research

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ISBN: 0-226-45456-8

Table of Contents

Front matter, table of contents: Alan B. Krueger (bibliographic info) (download)

Introduction and Overview : Alan B. Krueger (p. 1 - 7) (bibliographic info) (download)

1. National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life: Alan B. Krueger, Daniel Kahneman, David Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, Arthur A. Stone (p. 9 - 86) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. That Which Makes Life Worthwhile: George Loewenstein (p. 87 - 106) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Measuring National Well-Being: David M. Cutler (p. 107 - 112) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. National Time Accounting and National Economic Accounting: J. Steven Landefeld, Shaunda Villones (p. 113 - 123) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. Measuring Real Income with Leisure and Household Production: William Nordhaus (p. 125 - 144) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Well-Being Measurement and Public Policy: Richard Layard (p. 145 - 154) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. International Evidence on Well-Being: David G. Blanchflower (p. 155 - 226) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Thoughts on "National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life": Erik Hurst (p. 227 - 241) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Rejoinder: Alan B. Krueger, Daniel Kahneman, David Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, Arthur A. Stone (p. 243 - 251) (bibliographic info) (download)

List of Contributors, Indexes: Alan B. Krueger (p. 253 - 262) (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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