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9780815702405

Happiness and Hardship Opportunity and Insecurity in New Market Economies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780815702405

  • ISBN10:

    081570240X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-12-01
  • Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
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Summary

In "Happiness and Hardship," Carol Graham and Stefano Pettinato provide a new conceptual framework for analyzing the relationship between subjective well being and the political sustainability of market-oriented economic growth in 17 Latin American countries and Russia.

Author Biography

Carol Graham is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program and codirector of the Center on Social and Economic Dynamics at the Brookings Institution.

Table of Contents

New Approaches to Old Inequities: Mobility, Opportunity, and Subjective Well-Being
1(12)
Mobility, Subjective Well-Being, and Public Perceptions: Stuck in the Tunnel or Moving Up the Ladder?
13(23)
Concepts and Trends in Income Mobility
36(35)
Happiness, Markets, and Democracy: Latin America, Russia, and the United States
71(30)
Frustrated Achievers: Mobility Trends and Subjective Well-Being in Peru and Russia
101(36)
Frustrated Achievers in a Global Economy: Challenges for Policy and Future Research
137(18)
References 155(12)
Index 167

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