International differences in well-being /
Starting from many different vantage points, the book reaches a consensus that many measures of subjective well-being, ranging from life evaluations through emotional states, based on memories and current evaluations, merit broader collection and analysis.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Series in positive psychology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Income's association with judgments of life versus feelings / Ed Diener [and others]
- The structure of well-being in two cities: life satisfaction and experienced happiness in Columbus, Ohio; and Rennes, France / Daniel Kahneman [and others]
- Culture and well-being : conceptual and methodological issues / Shigehiro Oishi
- Life satisfaction / Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, and Arthur van Soest
- Life (evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and death in Africa / Angus Deaton, Jane Fortson, and Robert Tortora
- Does relative income matter? Are the critics right? / R. Layard, G. Mayraz, and S. Nickell
- Happiness and economic growth: does the cross section predict time trends? Evidence from developing countries / Richard A. Easterlin and Onnicha Sawangfa
- Happiness adaptation to income beyond "basic needs" / Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
- The Easterlin and other paradoxes: why both sides of the debate may be correct / Carol Graham, Soumya Chattopadhyay, and Mario Picon
- International evidence on the social context of well-being / John F. Helliwell [and others]
- How universal is happiness? / Ruut Veenhoven
- Faith and freedom: traditional and modern ways to happiness / Ronald F. Inglehart
- The impact of time spent working and job fit on well-being around the world / James K. Harter and Raksha Arora
- Work, jobs, and well-being across the millennium / Andrew E. Clark.