Uniform Title Wat heet dan gelukkig zijn? Geluk, welvaart en welzijn van de Belgen. English Title Well-being in Belgium : beyond happiness and income / Bart Capéau, Laurens Cherchye, Koen Decancq, André Decoster, Bram De Rock, François Maniquet, Annemie Nys, Guillaume Périlleux, Eve Ramaekers, Zoé Rongé, Erik Schokkaert, Frederic Vermeulen

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Description 1 online resource Series Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being, 2364-107X Economic studies in inequality, social exclusion and well-being, 2364-107X Contents Part I: Well-Being Involves Many Different Aspects -- Part II: An Insight into Families -- Part III: Who Deserves Special Attention? -- Part IV: Towards a Measure of Individual Well-Being Summary What constitutes a good life? For most people, well-being involves more than a high income or material prosperity alone. Many non-material aspects, such as health, family life, living environment, job quality and the meaningful use of time are at least as important. Together, these factors also influence the degree to which people are satisfied with their lives, and help to determine how happy they feel. This book argues that happiness and life satisfaction do not form a good basis for measuring well-being, and proposes an alternative method that not only considers the various aspects of well-being, but also the fact that people have their own views on what is important in life. Not limited just to theory, the book also presents a large-scale, representative survey involving more than 3000 adults from over 2000 Belgian families, which charted the various aspects of the individual well-being of Belgians. Focusing on the unequal distribution of these various aspects of well-being within families, the survey showed that some Belgians are more likely to suffer from cumulative deprivation in multiple dimensions. Based on this innovative study, the book describes which people in society are worst off - and these are not necessarily only people on low incomes or those who feel unhappy - and proposes that policymakers prioritise these individuals.-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 15, 2020) Subject Well-being -- Belgium Well-being -- Age factors -- Belgium Microeconomics. Finance, Public. Quality of life. Quality of Life quality of life. Well-being -- Age factors Well-being Finance, Public Microeconomics Quality of life Belgium Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author Capéau, Bart, author Cherchye, Laurens, author Decancq, Koen, author Decoster, A. (André), author Rock, Bram De, author Maniquet, François, 1965- author Nys, Annemie, author Périlleux, Guillaume, author Ramaekers, Eve, author Rongé, Zoé, author Schokkaert, Erik, author Vermeulen, Frederic, author ISBN 9783030585099 3030585093

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