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Sampling of populations : methods and applications
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ISBN: 0471155756 9780471155751 Year: 1999 Publisher: New York ; Hoboken J. Wiley


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Nudge : improving decisions on health, wealth, and happiness.
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ISBN: 9780143115267 Year: 2009 Publisher: London Penguin

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From the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein: a revelatory look at how we make decisions-for fans of Malcolm Gladwells Blink, Charles Duhiggs the Power of Habit, James Clears Atomic Habits, and Daniel Kahnemans Thinking, Fast and Slow* More than 1. 5 million copies sold* New York Times bestseller * Named a Best Book of the Year by the Economist and the Financial TimesEvery day we make choices-about what to buy or eat, about financial investments or our childrens health and education, even about the causes we champion or the planet itself. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. Nudge is about how we make these choices and how we can make better ones. Using dozens of eye-opening examples and drawing on decades of behavioral science research, Nobel Prize Winner Richard H. Thaler and Harvard Law School professor Cass R. Sunstein show that no choice is ever presented to us in a neutral way, and that we are all susceptible to biases that can lead us to make bad decisions. But by knowing how people think, we can use sensible choice architecture to nudge people toward the best decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society, without restricting our freedom of choice.

The Quality of life
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ISBN: 0198283954 9786612052286 0191521361 1282052284 9780191596704 9780191521362 9780198283959 9780198287971 0198287976 0191596701 Year: 1993 Volume: *9 Publisher: Clarendon Press

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The idea of the quality of life is central to economic and social assessment and also to public policy, social legislation, and community programs. However, the commonly used indicators of economic success such as per capita income are at best crude measures of the quality of life. There is a strong need for a systematic exploration of the content, reach, and relevance of the concept of the quality of life, and ways of making it concrete and usable. In this collection of essays, some leading economists and philosophers rise to that challenge and provide a wide-ranging investigation. The essays include examinations of recent attempts to replace incomes and utilities by the concept of capability and also an exploration of the classic Aristotelian accounts of human flourishing, which provide insights into capability-based assessment of the quality of life. Some underlying methodological problems are also examined, including cultural relativism and utility as a measure of advantage. Possibilities of application are discussed in the context of important practical problems, such as correcting gender-based inequalities, determining medical priorities, and promoting living standards. The overall result is a major contribution to the understanding and use of the idea of the quality of life.

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Microeconomics --- Social ethics --- Human services --- Public welfare --- Quality of life --- Social values --- Services sociaux --- Aide sociale --- Qualité de la vie --- Valeurs sociales --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Congresses. --- -Public welfare --- -Quality of life --- -Social values --- -Values --- Life, Quality of --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Life --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Benevolent institutions --- Poor relief --- Public assistance --- Public charities --- Public relief --- Public welfare reform --- Relief (Aid) --- Social welfare --- Welfare (Public assistance) --- Welfare reform --- Social service --- Services, Human --- Government policy --- -Congresses --- Electronic books. -- local. --- Human services -- Congresses. --- Public welfare -- Congresses. --- Quality of life -- Congresses. --- Social values -- Congresses. --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Social Conditions --- -Life, Quality of --- Qualité de la vie --- Congrès --- 313 --- 339.21 --- 339.325.1 --- AA / International- internationaal --- NBB congres --- Levenswijze en levensstandaard. Levensminimum. sociale indicatoren (Studiën) --- Ongelijkheid en herverdeling van vermogens en inkomens. Inkomensbeleid --- Evolutie van de consumptie. Budget van de huishoudens --- Conferences - Meetings --- #SBIB:004.GIFTSOC --- #SBIB:303H34 --- #SBIB:316.8H00 --- Kwalitatieve methoden: grondige gevallenstudie, casework, social work --- Sociaal beleid: algemeen --- 172 --- 330.1 --- Sociale ethiek. Sociale moraal. Sociale verantwoordelijkheid --- Economische grondbegrippen. Algemene begrippen in de economie --- 330.1 Economische grondbegrippen. Algemene begrippen in de economie --- 172 Sociale ethiek. Sociale moraal. Sociale verantwoordelijkheid --- Quality of Life --- Social Values --- HN 25 - Statistics. Social indicators. Quality of life --- Économie du bien-être --- Qualité de vie --- Quality of life - Congresses --- Public welfare - Congresses. --- Human services - Congresses. --- Social values - Congresses. --- Public welfare - Congresses --- Human services - Congresses --- Social values - Congresses

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