Advances in Happiness Research: A Comparative Perspective

Book Overview

1 Introduction.- Part I: Issues in Happiness Research-Concepts, Measurement and Interpretation.- 2 Happiness: Research and Policy Considerations (Bruno Frey and Jana Gallus).- 3 The 'Wicked Problem' of Wellbeing: Theorising the Prospects for Policy Change (Ian Bache and Louise Reardon).- 4 An Overview of Intertemporal Measures of Individual Well-being: Can They Explain Life Satisfaction Better? (Conchita D'Ambrosio).- 5 The Importance of 'Domain Importance' for Happiness Economics (Tim Tiefenbach and Florian Kohlbacher).- 6 Adaptation and the Easterlin Paradox (Andrew Clark).- Part II: Income Inequality, Employment, and Happiness.- 7 Comparative Study of Happiness and Inequality in Five Industrialized Countries (Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Sayaka Sakoda).- 8 Happiness, Social Cohesion and Income Inequalities in Britain and Japan (Dimitris Ballas, Danny Dorling, Tomoki Nakaya, Helena Tunstall, Kazumasa Hanaoka and Tomoya Hanibuchi).- 9 Happiness and Employment Status (Tadashi Yagi, Katsuhiko Yonezaki and Kunio Urakawa).- 10 The Impact of Employment System on Feeling of Happiness in Germany and Japan (Toshiyuki Shirakawa).- 11 Effects of Paid and Unpaid Overtime Work on Stress, Earnings and Happiness (Akira Kawaguchi and Takato Kasai).- Part III: Societal Issues and Happiness.- 12 Why Do Japanese Parents and Their Young Adult Children Live Together? (Kei Sakata and C.R. McKenzie).- 13 Anticipation of Life Satisfaction before Emigration Evidence from German Panel Data (Marcel Erlinghagen).- 14 Does City Size affect Happiness? (Yoshio Itaba).- 15 Can Work-Life Balance Policies Foster Happiness within the Family?A Comparison of Traditional versus New Family Arrangements (?lvaro Mart?nez-P?rez).- 16 Accessing Suicidal Ideation from Responses to Queries on Subjective Well-being (Susumu Kuwahara, Teruyuki Tamura, Akiko Kamesaka and Toshiya Murai).- 17 Do the Arts and Culture Have a Positive Impact on Happiness? Beyond Methodological Issues (Nobuko Kawashima).- 18 Arts and Happiness (Lasse Steiner).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4431566872
• ISBN13: 9784431566878
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"