CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Corbett, Thomas Henry |
|---|---|
| Title | Should Happiness Indicators be used to Influence Public Policy? |
| Summary | Happiness indicators profess to capture the well-being of a nation by asking individuals how happy they are with their life. The aim of this thesis is to understand: (a) what definition of happiness can be represented and is represented in happiness indicators? (b) What are the problems and information gaps with current indicators of well-being of (i) social and (ii) economic indicators, and (iii) contingency valuation surveys? and (c) are happiness indicators reliable and valid enough to be integrated amongst social and economic indicators? These three lines of enquiry will form an answer to the question ‘should happiness indicators be used to influence public policy?’ I argue that happiness indicators offer valuable information about well-being that cannot be found in current indicators. I conclude by claiming that happiness indicators are at least both reliable and valid enough to be counted upon in the public policymaking arena. |
| Supervisor | Moles, Andres |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/corbett_thomas.pdf |
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