TY - JOUR
T1 - Capabilities and happiness
T2 - Potential synergies
AU - Comim, Flavio
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - The paper compares two prominent approaches to assessing Human Well-Being, the Capability Approach and the Subjective Well-Being Approach. It investigates the differences and the similarities between these approaches. An argument is made for exploring the potential synergies between them. Finally, the papers of this special edition are briefly introduced.
AB - The paper compares two prominent approaches to assessing Human Well-Being, the Capability Approach and the Subjective Well-Being Approach. It investigates the differences and the similarities between these approaches. An argument is made for exploring the potential synergies between them. Finally, the papers of this special edition are briefly introduced.
KW - Adaptive preferences
KW - Capability approach
KW - Happiness
KW - Human well being
KW - Subjective well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=22544455690&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00346760500129871
DO - 10.1080/00346760500129871
M3 - Review
AN - SCOPUS:22544455690
SN - 0034-6764
VL - 63
SP - 161
EP - 176
JO - Review of Social Economy
JF - Review of Social Economy
IS - 2
ER -