Add to ORKGSocial-policy typically serves multiple goals: shortterm goals as well as longterm goals and symbolic goals as well as substantive ones. A major longterm substantive goal of social policy is to improve the quality of life. The effectiveness of policies in that respect is mostly a matter of faith. This contribution is about some problems that rise if one tries to measure the consequences of social policy on quality-of-life
In recent years, debates on the economics of happiness have shown that, over the long-term, well-bei...
The results from interviews conducted with 51 respondents represent a small contribution to an empir...
The title of this volume is Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies, and Implications. It ...
textabstractABSTRACT<br/> Social-policy typically serves multiple goals: shortterm goals as well as ...
textabstractUtilitarian philosophy holds that public policy should aim at advancing human happiness....
Happiness research is on the rise, but is confounded by competing definitions of subjective well-bei...
In the paper it is questioned whether effective state social policy provides happiness and social pr...
Contains fulltext : 74894.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)Over the centuri...
The debate surrounding the use of subjective measures of well-being for policy purposes has intensif...
Some academics and policymakers have argued that happiness (or subjective well‐being) should be used...
textabstractThere are many qualms about subjective indicators, and some believe that social policy w...
In recent years, debates on the economics of happiness have shown that, over the long-term, well-bei...
Quality of life as a concept has been used in many ways in the public policy arena. It can be used i...
Objectives: this thesis examines the relationship between government policy and life satisfaction (h...
There are many qualms about subjective indicators, and some believe that social policy would be bett...
In recent years, debates on the economics of happiness have shown that, over the long-term, well-bei...
The results from interviews conducted with 51 respondents represent a small contribution to an empir...
The title of this volume is Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies, and Implications. It ...
textabstractABSTRACT<br/> Social-policy typically serves multiple goals: shortterm goals as well as ...
textabstractUtilitarian philosophy holds that public policy should aim at advancing human happiness....
Happiness research is on the rise, but is confounded by competing definitions of subjective well-bei...
In the paper it is questioned whether effective state social policy provides happiness and social pr...
Contains fulltext : 74894.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)Over the centuri...
The debate surrounding the use of subjective measures of well-being for policy purposes has intensif...
Some academics and policymakers have argued that happiness (or subjective well‐being) should be used...
textabstractThere are many qualms about subjective indicators, and some believe that social policy w...
In recent years, debates on the economics of happiness have shown that, over the long-term, well-bei...
Quality of life as a concept has been used in many ways in the public policy arena. It can be used i...
Objectives: this thesis examines the relationship between government policy and life satisfaction (h...
There are many qualms about subjective indicators, and some believe that social policy would be bett...
In recent years, debates on the economics of happiness have shown that, over the long-term, well-bei...
The results from interviews conducted with 51 respondents represent a small contribution to an empir...
The title of this volume is Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies, and Implications. It ...