Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Happiness and Quality of Life

Edited by Luigino Bruni () and Pier Luigi Porta

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Abstract: Offering a thorough assessment of the recent developments in the economic literature on happiness and quality of life, this Handbook astutely considers both methods of estimation and policy application. The expert contributors critically present in-depth research on a wide range of topics including culture and media, inequality, and the relational and emotional side of human life. Accessible and far-reaching, it will prove an invaluable resource for students and scholars of welfare and economics.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Research Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
ISBN: 9781783471164
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Happiness and quality of life reconciled , pp 1-19

Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta

Ch 2 Happiness and social institutions , pp 20-32

Amartya Sen

Ch 3 New frontiers: societal measures of subjective well-being for input to policy , pp 35-52

Ed Diener and Louis Tay

Ch 4 Linking happiness to health: comparisons between hedonic and eudaimonic well-being , pp 53-70

Carol D. Ryff and Jennifer Morozink Boylan

Ch 5 Subjective indicators of well-being: conceptual background and applications in social sciences , pp 71-89

Antonella Delle Fave

Ch 6 Quality of life and smart cities , pp 90-110

Elena Granata

Ch 7 Quality of life and inequality , pp 111-152

Peter Krause

Ch 8 The history of the idea of quality of life , pp 153-175

Borja L—pez Noval

Ch 9 Genetic and environmental contributions to life satisfaction , pp 176-195

Mario Lucchini, Sara Della Bella and Luca Crivelli

Ch 10 Indicators of happiness vs. quality of happiness: methodology and theory , pp 196-228

Filomena Maggino

Ch 11 Leading a life of quality: conceptualizing quality of life , pp 229-246

Mariano Rojas

Ch 12 Globalization and quality of life , pp 247-278

M. Joseph Sirgy and Chad Miller

Ch 13 Quality of life studies and positive psychology , pp 279-306

Helena À. Marujo and Luis M. Neto

Ch 14 Quality of life and happiness: concepts and measures , pp 309-333

Ruut Veenhoven

Ch 15 Economics, well-being and happiness: history and protagonists , pp 334-348

Luigino Bruni

Ch 16 Culture and fine arts: open-ended choices and the formation of interest , pp 349-371

Marina Bianchi

Ch 17 Happiness and health , pp 372-399

Luca Crivelli, Sara Della Bella and Mario Lucchini

Ch 18 Happiness, subjective and objective indicators , pp 400-418

Michela Guerini and Giampaolo Nuvolati

Ch 19 Women and happiness , pp 419-447

Nicola Matteucci and Sabrina Vieira Lima

Ch 20 Relational goods and happiness data , pp 448-466

Alessandra Pelloni

Ch 21 Happiness and new media , pp 467-482

Luca Stanca

Ch 22 Happiness, relational goods and hedonic methodology , pp 483-498

Luca Stanca

Ch 23 The idea of happiness in Italy , pp 499-520

Pier Luigi Porta

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