Wellbeing

Science and Policy

What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us ...

Combatting unemployment

Why is unemployment higher in some countries than others? Why does it fluctuate between decades? Why are some people at greater risk than others? Layard and Nickell have worked on these issues for thirty years. Their famous model, first published in 1986, is now used ...

Unemployment

macroeconomic performance and the labour market

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction to New Edition Preface to First Edition 1. Overview THE MICROFOUNDATIONS 2. Wage-Bargaining and Unions 3. Efficiency Wages 4. Wage Behaviour: the Evidence 5. Job Search: the Duration of Unemployment 6. Mismatch: the Structure of Unemployment 7. The Pricing and Employment ...

La felicidad

lecciones de una nueva ciencia

Todos tenemos alguna opinión sobre las causas de la felicidad, pero las investigaciones recientes demuestran que solemos equivocarnos. Podemos pensar, por ejemplo, que el dinero da la felicidad. En realidad, no es tan sencillo. Actualmente disponemos de métodos sofisticados para calcular el grado de felicidad ...