Why wellbeing should be the goal of policy
Layard, Richard
(2022)
Why wellbeing should be the goal of policy
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Wherever there is a fixed budget constraint, money should be allocated to policies which give the greatest increase in wellbeing per pound of expenditure, argues Richard Layard (LSE). Even policy-makers unmoved by wellbeing as an objective should promote it because of its large positive effects on productivity, academic learning and life expectancy.
| Item Type | ['eprint_typename_blog_post' not defined] |
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| Keywords | coronavirus,Covid-19 |
| Departments | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Date Deposited | 16 Mar 2022 00:14 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/114124 |
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