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eBook &Hard CoverAdvances inHappiness ResearchThis edited volume makes a contribution to the literature on happiness research bycompiling studies based on cross-national research and from diverse academic
disciplines. The book is distinctive in that it contains both theoretical and empiricalanalyses,
investigating relationship between causes of happiness and economic behavior relating
to employment, consumption, and saving. Most notably, it is one of the first studies inthis subject area that analyzes micro data collected in Europe, US and Japan withinformation on respondents’ attributes and their economic behavior, as well as inmeasuring inter-temporal happiness by principal factor analysis. Research findings in thisvolume shed new light on public policies for a number of areas such as employment,family, social welfare, urban and regional planning, and culture. The book draws on acollaborative research project between five institutions of higher education in France, UK,Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and Japan that lasted for two years.

ISBN 978-4-431-55752-4
1st ed. 2016, 344 p. 38 illus.,
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・One of the first studies in happiness studies that analyzes micro data collected inEurope, US and Japan with information on respondents’ attributes and theireconomic behavior, as well as in measuring intertemporal happiness by principal
factor analysis
・Adopts interdisciplinary approaches including economics, politics, sociology, andcultural policy・Contains both theoretical and empirical analyses and includes policy implications

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Advances in Happiness Research

Table of Contents
Preface (Toshiaki Tachibanaki)
Introduction (Tadashi Yagi)
Part I

Issues in Happiness Research—Concepts, Measurement and Interpretation

Chapter 2:

Happiness: Research and Policy Considerations (Bruno S. Frey and Jana Gallus)

Chapter 3:

The ‘Wicked Problem’ of Wellbeing: Theorising the Prospects for Policy Change(Ian Bache and Louise Reardon)

Chapter 4:

An Overview of Intertemporal Measures of Individual Well-Being:
Can They Explain Life Satisfaction Better? (Conchita D’Ambrosio)

Chapter 5:

The Importance of ‘Domain Importance’ for Happiness Economics(Tim Tiefenbach and Florian Kohlbacher)

Chapter 6:

Adaptation and the Easterlin Paradox (Andrew E. Clark)

Part II

Income Inequality, Employment, and Happiness

Chapter 7:

Comparative Study of Happiness and Inequality in Five Industrialized Countries(Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Sayaka Sakoda)

Chapter 8:

Happiness, Social Cohesion and Income Inequalities in Britain and Japan(Dimitris Ballas, Danny Dorling, Tomoki Nakaya, Helena Tunstall,Kazumasa Hanaoka, and Tomoya Hanibuchi)Chapter 9:

Happiness and Employment Status (Tadashi Yagi, Kunio Urakawa, andKatsuhiko Yonezaki)

Chapter 10:

The Impact of Employment System on Feeling of Happiness in Germanyand Japan (Toshiyuki Shirakawa)

Chapter 11:

Effects of Paid and Unpaid Overtime Work on Stress, Earnings, and Happiness(Akira Kawaguchi and Takato Kasai)Part III

Societal Issues and Happiness

Chapter 12:

Why Do Japanese Parents and Their Young Adult Children Live Together?
(Kei Sakata and Colin R. McKenzie)

Chapter 13:

Anticipation of Life Satisfaction Before Emigration: Evidence from German
Panel Data (Marcel Erlinghagen)Chapter 14:

Does City Size Affect Happiness? (Yoshio Itaba)

Chapter 15:

Can Work-Life Balance Policies Foster HappinessWithin the Family? A Comparisonof Traditional Versus New Family Arrangements (Álvaro Martínez-Pérez)Chapter 16:

Accessing Suicidal Ideation from Responses to Queries on SubjectiveWell-Being(Susumu Kuwahara, Teruyuki Tamura, Akiko Kamesaka, and Toshiya Murai)

Chapter 17:

Do the Arts and Culture Have a Positive Impact on Happiness? Beyond
Methodological Issues (Nobuko Kawashima)

Chapter 18:

Arts and Happiness (Lasse Steiner)