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Towards a sustainable well-being

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  • Cristina Roxana Tanasescu

    (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania)

  • Camelia Oprean

    (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania)

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Given the need of a new economic paradigm for the achievement of a world of sustainable wellbeing, this paper presents the main findings from the literature on sustainable well-being. We try to identify a few approaches of measurement, highlighting strengths and weaknesses. We analyzed Romania's position in the global context in terms of happiness index. Are sustainable well-being indicators a good guide for policy-making? Also, the paper discusses the role of education in ensuring the sustainable well-being.

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  • Cristina Roxana Tanasescu & Camelia Oprean, 2013. "Towards a sustainable well-being," Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, Pro Global Science Association, vol. 5(1), pages 170-178, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rse:wpaper:v:5:y:2013:i:1:p:170-178
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    Keywords

    sustainability; well-being; happiness; positive education;
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    JEL classification:

    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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