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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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Inter-American Development Bank : Brookings Institution Press,
c2009.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
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.
