Overview
- Applies diverse methods to analysing wellbeing in older people
- Addresses how wellbeing is measured
- Examines different determinants of wellbeing in older people
- Focuses on aged care and retirement
- Explains the difference between subjective wellbeing and quality of life
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Wellbeing Economics
- Wellbeing Among Older Persons
- Economics of Aged Care
- Retirement Economics
- Wellbeing Measures
- Social Determinants of Wellbeing
- Religion and Wellbeing
- Welfare Services
- Neighborhood Deprivation and Wellbeing
- Discrimination and Wellbeing
- Labour market outcomes and wellbeing
- Improving Quality of Life for older people
- Health economics
- Ageing population and wellbeing
- Economics of ageing
About this book
How can we be happier, healthier and more satisfied in life? This edited collection examines various dimensions of wellbeing among older people, including its measurement; social, environmental and economic determinants; and how research can be translated into policy to improve quality of life for older people.
With an increasingly ageing population across countries and an increasing population of older adults, there is growing interest in improving older people’s ability to live healthily and happily. With a focus on retirement and aged care, this book is important reading for those interested in Welfare Economics, Health Economics and Development.
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-- Paul Dalziel, Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sefa Awaworyi Churchill is an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow with the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing at RMIT University, Australia. He holds a PhD in Economics from Monash University. His inter- disciplinary research focuses on development economics, addictive behavior, ethnic diversity, wellbeing, and other issues related to sociology, health and economics. He has experience working on consultancy projects for various policy agencies and international development organizations.
Lisa Farrell is Professor and Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University, Australia. Her research field is in the area of applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on important contemporary social issues such as subjective wellbeing, decision making under uncertainty and lifestyle choice behaviours.
Samuelson Appau is Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University, Australia. His research focuses on how factors such as poverty, religion and social processes and structures impact consumer wellbeing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Measuring, Understanding and Improving Wellbeing Among Older People
Editors: Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Lisa Farrell, Samuelson Appau
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2353-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2352-6Published: 21 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2355-7Published: 21 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2353-3Published: 20 March 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 303
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Economics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Employee Health and Wellbeing, Population Economics, Labor Economics