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245 00 a| What has happened to the quality of life in the advanced industrialized nations? /c| edited by Edward N. Wolff.;

300 a| xxxii, 392 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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500 a| "In association with the Levy Economics Institute.";

500 a| "This volume is part of the Institute's research on 'Measuring Well-being'"--P. [ii].;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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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What has happened to the quality of life in the advanced industrialized nations? / edited by Edward N. Wolff.

Other author	Wolff, Edward N.
Other author	Jerome Levy Economics Institute.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2004.
Description	xxxii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Quality of life--Measurement. Economic indicators. Income distribution. Cost and standard of living. Employee rights. Quality of life--Developed countries. Quality of life--United States.

Contents	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.
Local note	Little-344625--305131050125Q
General note	"In association with the Levy Economics Institute."
General note	"This volume is part of the Institute's research on 'Measuring Well-being'"--P. [ii].
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2003049488
ISBN	1843761939

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