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1035278
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b789648
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What has happened to the quality of life in the advanced industrialized nations? /\ edited by Edward N. Wolff.
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| Publication Statement
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Cheltenham, UK ;Northhampton, MA :: Edward Elgar,, ©2004.
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xxxii, 392 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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1843761939
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: 9781843761938
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| Notes
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"In association with the Levy Economics Institute."
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"This volume is part of the Institute's research on 'Measuring well-being', "--Page.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Recent trends in living standards in the United States / Edward N. Wolff -- Using expenditures to measure the standard of living in the United States : does it make a difference? / David S. Johnson -- Who has benefited from economic growth in the United States since 1969? The case of children / Christopher Jencks, Susan E. Mayer and Joseph Swingle -- Reassessing the consumer price index : five years after the Boskin Commission / Dean Baker -- Has economic well-being improved in Canada and the United States? / Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe -- Comparing living standards across nations : real incomes at the top, the bottom, and the middle / Timothy M. Smeeding and Lee Rainwater -- Race, home ownership, and family structure in twentieth-century America / William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo -- Living standard potential and the transmission of advantage in Chile / Seymour Spilerman and Florencia Torche -- Historical perspective on the standard of living using anthropometric data / Richard H. Steckel -- Time intensity and well-being : what we can learn from time-use data / Thomas L. Hungerford and Maria S. Floro -- Measuring worker rights and labor strength in the advanced economies / Robert Buchele and Jens Christiansen -- Measuring quality of life with local indicators / Daphne T. Greenwood.
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"The contributors to this volume investigate to what extent welfare has increased in the United States over the postwar period and provide a rigorous examination of both conventional measures of the standard of living." "This volume answers the question posed by the title and will be of interest to economists, sociologists, policymakers and policy analysts, as well as students of these fields."--Jacket.
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Cost and standard of living.
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Economic indicators.
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Employee rights.
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Income distribution.
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Quality of life-- Measurement.
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Quality of life-- Developed countries.
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Quality of life-- United States.
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Coût et niveau de la vie.
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Indicateurs économiques.
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Personnel-- Droits.
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Qualité de la vie-- Mesure.
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Qualité de la vie-- États-Unis.
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Qualité de la vie-- Pays en voie de développement.
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Revenu-- Répartition.
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Cost and standard of living.
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Economic indicators.
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Employee rights.
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Income distribution.
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Lebensstandard
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Quality of life-- Measurement.
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Quality of life.
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Wohlfahrtsstaat
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Kwaliteit van het bestaan.
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Levensstandaard.
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Developed countries.
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Europa.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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306/.0973
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HN25.W53 2004
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83.13bcl
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| Added Entry
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Wolff, Edward N.
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Jerome Levy Economics Institute.
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