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Advances in Happiness Research A Comparative Perspective /

This edited volume makes a contribution to the literature on happiness research by compiling studies based on cross-national research and from diverse academic disciplines. The book is distinctive in that it contains both theoretical and empirical analyses, investigating relationship between causes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Tachibanaki, Toshiaki (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Creative Economy,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 (Álvaro Martínez-Pérez)
  • 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). .