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Origins of happiness

Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward

CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: Understanding the key determinants of people's life satisfaction makes it possible to suggest policies for how best to reduce misery and promote wellbeing. A forthcoming book by Richard Layard and colleagues discusses evidence on the origins of happiness in survey data from Australia, Germany, the UK and the United States.

Keywords: happiness; wellbeing; government; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-03
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