Wellbeing : Science and Policy

Author: Layard, Richard (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Psychology

Published on 2 March 2023 by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 350 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
169 x 245 x 21 | 612g

What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future generations. Written by two of the world's leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, this book shows how wellbeing can be measured, what causes it and how it can be improved. Its findings are profoundly relevant to all social sciences, including psychology, economics, politics, behavioural science and sociology. A field-defining text on a new science that aims to span the whole of human life, this will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, policy-makers and employers, who can apply its insights in their professional and private lives. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.