Drawing on a range of evidence using large-scale data from various countries, the authors consider the key factors that affect human well-being, including income, education, employment, family conflict, health, childcare, and crime.
"If policymakers want to improve lives, it is important to understand how people feel-and why. This book charts new territory, providing the first map of the long-term drivers of people's happiness."-Martine Durand, chief statistician, OECD