The Measurement of Capabilities

Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Anand, Paul ^a   Santos, Cristina ^b   Smith, Ron ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Economic statistics; Freedom; Gender differences; Happiness; Human development; Performance indicators; Personality; Subjective wellbeing; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919681831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239115.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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