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Wellbeing: science and policy


What produces a happy society and a happy life? In the first textbook on wellbeing, Richard Layard and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve explain how wellbeing can be measured, what causes it and how it can be improved. They conclude that we are only at the beginning of a transformation in the ability to base decision-making on the outcomes that matter most - namely the wellbeing of us all, including future generations.


Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Richard Layard

20 June 2023     Paper Number CEPCP656

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This publication comes under the following theme: Causes and effects of wellbeing, Wellbeing Policy