Advances in happiness research : a comparative perspective /: a comparative perspective. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Toshiaki Tachibanaki, editor.
• Editors: Tachibanaki, Toshiaki, 1943-
• Contents: 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).
• Publisher Details: Tokyo : Springer Science and Business Media
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 158; Economics; Happiness; PSYCHOLOGY -- Applied Psychology; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- General; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Happiness; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success; Happiness; Business & Economics -- Organizational Behavior; Medical -- Public Health; Behavioural economics; Personal & public health; Management science; Behavioral economics; Quality of Life_xResearch; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Economics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9784431557531; 4431557539; 4431557520; 9784431557524
• Related ISBNs: 9784431557524
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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