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ISBN: 9780241952795 - Happiness Happiness
Richard Layard

ISBN10: 0241952794  ISBN13: 9780241952795
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Apr 2011
Shows that there is a paradox at the heart of our lives. This title describes that most people want more income and yet as societies become richer, they do not become happier. In this new edition of his landmark book, Richard Layard shows that... More

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ISBN: 9780141016900 - Happiness Happiness
Richard Layard

ISBN10: 0141016906  ISBN13: 9780141016900
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Apr 2006
Most people want more income. Yet as societies become richer, they do not become happier. We have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are. All the evidence shows that on an average, people have grown no happier. It is true of Britain... More

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ISBN: 9780141039435 - A Good Childhood A Good Childhood
Richard Layard, Judy Dunn

ISBN10: 0141039434  ISBN13: 9780141039435
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Feb 2009
Explores the main stresses and influences to which every child is exposed - family, friends, youth culture, values, and schooling. This book also makes recommendations as to how we can improve the upbringing of our children. It tackles issues... More

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ISBN: 9780199609789 - Combatting Unemployment Combatting Unemployment
Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell Werner Eichhorst, Klaus F Zimmermann

ISBN10: 0199609780  ISBN13: 9780199609789
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 May 2011
Shaping the views of scholars and policymakers on how to address unemployment, the contributions of Layard and Nickell have served to illuminate the policy discourse in Europe. The book includes their key writings on the subject together with a... More

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ISBN: 9780521466745 - Cost-Benefit Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis
Richard Layard, Stephen Glaister

ISBN10: 0521466741  ISBN13: 9780521466745
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Jun 1994
This new book of readings covers all the main problems that arise in a typical cost-benefit exercise. It is entirely up-to-date, reflecting the most recent research in the area. The book begins with an extended elementary introduction written by... More

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ISBN: 9780333722312 - Inequality Inequality
Richard Layard

ISBN10: 0333722310  ISBN13: 9780333722312
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 22 Mar 1999
A collection of articles on education, equality and income distribution, and on the lessons of economic transition in Eastern Europe. This text is published alongside a companion volume, "Tackling Unemployment". Richard Layard is one of Britain's... More

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ISBN: 9780333722329 - Unemployment Unemployment
Richard Layard

ISBN10: 0333722329  ISBN13: 9780333722329
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 12 Apr 1999
A collection of articles on the causes of and solutions for unemployment. Published with a companion volume EDUCATION AND EQUALITY. The author explains what causes unemployment and proposes remedies to reduce it. Focusing on how unemployed people... More

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ISBN: 9780199279173 - Unemployment Unemployment
Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell, Richard Jackman

ISBN10: 0199279179  ISBN13: 9780199279173
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Jan 2005
This broad survey of unemployment is a benchmark summary of the authors position which became hugely influential. This second edition brings the analysis up to date by relating it to recent empirical developments. This book is a major source of... More

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ISBN: 9780684827438 - The Coming Russian Boom The Coming Russian Boom
Richard Layard, John Parker

ISBN10: 0684827433  ISBN13: 9780684827438
Publisher: Simon & Schuster The Free Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 07 Oct 1996
Since the fall of the soviet empire in 1991, Westerners have been speculating about the future of its vast and long-oppressive economy. Politicians, economists, and businesspeople alike have watched with great interest as the new Russia has... More

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ISBN: 9780262024471 - Emerging from Communism Emerging from Communism
Peter Boone, Stanislaw Gomulka, Richard Layard

ISBN10: 0262024470  ISBN13: 9780262024471
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Nov 1998
If free markets and private ownership are meant to increase economic opportunity and welfare, why has their introduction been accompanied by such pain in Eastern Europe and Russia? The contributors to this book believe that future reform... More