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Well-Being and Public Policy Conference Presentations

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Table of Contents
(chapters and authors)
1. Introduction: Matthew Adler & Marc Fleurbaey
 
Part I. Methods of Policy Assessment
2. Cost-benefit analysis: Robin Boadway
3. GDP: Paul Schreyer
6. Fair allocation: William Thomson
7. Multidimensional indicators: Satya Chakravarty & Maria Ana Lugo
8.QALY-based cost-effectiveness analysis: Jose Maria Abellan, Carmen Herrero & Jose Luis Pinto
9.Happiness-based policy analysis: Paul Dolan & Daniel Fujiwara
 
Part II. Conceptions of Well-Being
10. Preference-based views of well-being: Krister Bykvist
12.Objective-list approaches: Thomas Hurka
 

Part III. Measuring Well-Being: A Debate
15. Equivalent income: Marc Fleurbaey
16. Extended preferences:Matthew Adler
17. Happiness: Andrew Clark
18. Capabilities: Sabina Alkire (Part 2 and Part 3 of the slides)
19.Multidimensional poverty indices: A critical assessment: Jean-Yves Duclos & Luca Tiberti
20. Measuring poverty: A proposal: Thomas Pogge & Scott Wisor
21. Does fairness require a multidimensional approach?: Richard Arneson
22. Inclusive and multidimensional methodologies for measuring well-being: An empirical comparison: Koen Decanq & Dirk Neumann (Part 2 of the slides)

Part IV. Challenges to Well-being Measurement
23. Social choice under risk and uncertainty: Philippe Mongin & Marcus Pivato
24. Individual responsibility: Francisco Ferreira & Vito Peragine
25. Heterogeneous prices, consumption, and preferences: Prasada Rao
26. Households: Pierre-Andre Chiappori
27. Behavioral incoherence: Eldar Shafir (Part 2 and Part 3 of the slides)
28. Lifetime well-being: Gregory Ponthiere
29. Future generations: John Broome