An important new book that uses quantitative evidence to analyse the causes of subjective wellbeing.

Written by leading experts in the field, this book provides a broad survey of unemployment. Expla...

This new book of readings covers all the main problems that arise in a typical cost-benefit exerc...

This broad survey of unemployment is a benchmark summary of the authors position which became hug...

Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems....

From the bestselling author of Happiness and co-editor of the annual World Happiness ReportMost p...

Drawing on a range of evidence using large-scale data from various countries, the authors conside...

Why has unemployment fallen in some countries and not in others? This classic book is now re-issu...

I disturbi mentali sono una delle principali cause di sofferenza nel mondo moderno. Le statistich...

È ormai evidente che la crescita economica, per quanto desiderabile, non risolverà tutti i nostri...

A ground-breaking argument for better treatment of mental health from Richard Layard (author of H...

Shaping the views of scholars and policymakers on how to address unemployment, the contributions ...

There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become ric...

Richard Layard is one of Britain's foremost applied economists, whose work has had a profound imp...

Social scientists from various disciplines discuss and offer predictions about the future.

'What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can n...

The Birds of South Africa

The Birds of South Africa

In this new edition of his landmark book, Richard Layard shows that there is a paradox at the hea...