International Differences in Well-Being
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 2010
508 pages
978-0-19-974148-9 (ISBN)
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This book brings together the best of current global research on the measurement and understanding of international differences in well-being
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Ed Diener | Daniel Kahneman | John Helliwell
International Differences in Well-Being
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04/2010
Oxford University Press Inc
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Section I. Measuring Well-Being in an International Context
- 1 Income's Association with Judgments of Life Versus Feelings
- 2 The Structure of Well-Being in Two Cities: Life Satisfaction and Experienced Happiness in Columbus, Ohio
- and Rennes, France
- 3 Culture and Well-Being: Conceptual and Methodological Issues
- 4 Life Satisfaction
- 5 Life (Evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and Death in Africa
- Section II. International Comparisons of Income and Well-Being Through Time
- 6 Does Relative Income Matter? Are the Critics Right?
- 7 Happiness and Economic Growth: Does the Cross Section Predict Time Trends? Evidence from Developing Countries
- 8 Happiness Adaptation to Income Beyond "Basic Needs
- 9 The Easterlin and Other Paradoxes: Why Both Sides of the Debate May Be Correct
- Section III. International Differences in the Social Context of Well-Being
- 10 International Evidence on the Social Context of Well-Being
- 11 How Universal Is Happiness?
- 12 Faith and Freedom: Traditional and Modern Ways to Happiness
- 13 The Impact of Time Spent Working and Job Fit on Well-Being Around the World
- 14 Work, Jobs, and Well-Being Across the Millennium
- Index
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