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Paradox and perception : measuring quality of life in Latin America
Title
Paradox and perception : measuring quality of life in Latin America / Carol Graham and Eduardo Lora, editors.
ISBN
9780815703266 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Inter-American Development Bank ; Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
"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 the study of happiness, finding some paradoxes as respondents evaluate their well-being"--Provided by publisher.
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Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : 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, Walter Sosa Escudero, Mariana Marchionni, and Sergio Olivieri
The conflictive relationship between satisfaction and income / Eduardo Lora and Juan Camilo Chaparro
Satisfaction beyond income / Eduardo Lora, Juan Camilo Chaparro and Maria Victoria Rodriguez
Vulnerabilities and subjective well-being / Mauricio Cardenas
Health perceptions and quality of life in Latin America / Carol Graham and Eduardo Lora
Education and life satisfaction : perception or reality? / Mauricio Cardenas, Carolina Mejia, and Vincenzo Di Maro
Job insecurity and life satisfaction / Naercio Aquino Menezes-Filho, Raphael Botura Corbi, and Andrea Zaitune Curi.
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