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Measuring Well-being Across Europe: Description of the ESS Well-being Module and Preliminary Findings by Huppert, Felicia A, Marks, Nic, Clark, Andrew, Siegrist, Johannes, Stutzer, Alois, Vittersø, Joar, Wahrendorf, Morten

“…It has become customary to judge the success of a society through the use of objective indicators, predominantly economic and social ones. Yet in most…”
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Estimating worldwide life satisfaction by Abdallah, Saamah, Thompson, Sam, Marks, Nic

“…Whilst studies of life satisfaction are becoming more common-place, their global coverage is far from complete. This paper develops a new database of life…”
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GDP RIP (1933-2010) by Marks, Nic

“…When a nation's Gross Domestic Product goes up, politicians glow with pride. When it goes down, headlines shout doom. Yet GDP says nothing about the real…”
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Consumption, sustainable welfare and human needs—with reference to UK expenditure patterns between 1954 and 1994 by Jackson, Tim, Marks, Nic

“…This paper explores the complex relationship between economic consumption and human welfare (or well-being). Conventional economics suggests that increasing…”
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A well-being manifesto for a flourishing society by Marks, Nic, Shah, Hetan

“…Although economic output has nearly doubled in the last 30 years, life satisfaction levels in the UK and other developed countries have remained resolutely…”
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Measuring Well-being Across Europe : Description of the ESS Well-being Module and Preliminary Findings: Welfare, Well-Being and Immigration in Europe: Evidence from the European Social Survey by HUPPERT, Felicia A, MARKS, Nic, CLARK, Andrew, SIEGRIST, Johannes, STUTZER, Alois, VITTERSØ, Joar, WAHRENDORF, Morten

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A wellbeing manifesto for a flourishing society by Marks, Nic, Shah, Hetan

“…Although economic output has nearly doubled in the last 30 years, life satisfaction levels in the UK and other developed countries have remained resolutely…”
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Towards a flourishing society: economics, politics and well-being by Marks, Nic, Thompson, Sam

“…In one famous longitudinal study, the level of positive effect expressed in autobiographical stories written by a group of nuns in their 20s was associated…”
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Consumption and environment - perspectives from ecological economics by Georg, Susse, Prettenthaler, Franz E, Steinlinger, Karl W, Jackson, Tim, Marks, Nic, Røpke, Inge, Cogoy, Mario, Biesiot, W, Noorman, K J

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Well-being and Sustainable Development by Thompson, Sam, Marks, Nic, Jackson, Tim

“…Economic growth, defined by rising levels of gross domestic product, is assumed to be a necessary prerequisite for development, and has contributed to advances…”
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Consumo, bienestar sostenible y necesidades humanas: Un examen de los patrones de gasto en Gran Bretaña 1954-1994 by Jackson, Tim, Marks, Nic

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VIEWPOINT: Improve employees' wellbeing and prosper by Marks, Nic

“…Wellbeing might be described "people's experience of the quality of their lives" - a broad definition, but one grounded in individuals' actual experiences. Low…”
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MERRILY ON HIGH by Marks, Nic

“…Happy employees are more productive, so focusing on positive emotions in the workplace, rather than negative ones, will bring some joy to the bottom line, too…”
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