@inbook{8d2745dcd4004e4d8296b71d215941b9,
title = "Preface",
abstract = "Among the many explicit objectives of social security systems, there is the general aspiration to improve welfare, well-being or even the happiness of populations. Such grandiose objectives are rarely made explicit. With evidence that more economic growth does not necessarily equate with higher levels of well-being in society, there has developed an interest in the contribution to welfare that might be made by distribution and redistribution. Social security is the major vehicle for redistributing financial resources in society. This volume collects together essays which reflect both theoretically and empirically on the relationship between happiness and social security.",
keywords = "social exclusion, income, poverty, employment/benefits, child well-being",
author = "J Bradshaw",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-5095-815-8",
volume = "14",
series = "International Studies on Social Security",
publisher = "Intersentia",
pages = "pp. v--ix",
editor = "J Bradshaw",
booktitle = "Social Security, Happiness and Well-being",
}