Handbook of research methods and applications in happiness and quality of life
Offering a thorough assessment of recent developments in the economic literature on happiness and quality of life, this major research Handbook astutely considers both methods of estimation and policy application. Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta's refreshing, and constructively critical, app...
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| Language: | English |
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Northampton, MA
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
2016, c. 2016
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| Series: | Handbooks of research methods and applications series
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Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- societal measures of subjective well-being for input to policy / Ed Diener and Louis Tay
- 4. Linking happiness to health: comparisons between hedonic and eudaimonic well-being / Carol D. Ryff and Jennifer Morozink Boylan
- 5. Subjective indicators of well-being: conceptual background and applications in social sciences / Antonella Delle Fave
- 6. Quality of life and smart cities / Elena Granata
- 7. Quality of life and inequality / Peter Krause
- 8. The history of the idea of quality of life / Borja López Noval
- 9. Genetic and environmental contributions to life satisfaction / Mario Lucchini, Sara Della Bella and Luca Crivelli
- 10. Indicators of happiness vs. quality of happiness: methodology and theory / Filomena Maggino
- 11. Leading a life of quality: conceptualizing quality of life / Mariano Rojas
- 12. Globaliza