Measuring the subjective well-being of nations : national accounts of time use and well-being / edited by Alan B. Krueger.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.

viii, 262 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Papers originally presented at a conference at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 7-8, 2008.

National time accounting: the currency of life / Alan B. Krueger [and others] -- That which makes life worthwhile / George Loewenstein -- Measuring national well-being / David M. Cutler -- National time accounting and national economic accounting / J. Steven Landefeld and Shaunda Villones -- Measuring real income with leisure and household production / William Nordhaus -- Well-being measurement and public policy / Richard Layard -- International evidence on well-being / David G. Blanchflower -- Thoughts on "National time accounting: the currency of life" / Erik Hurst -- Rejoinder / Alan B. Krueger [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.