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9780230004979

Happiness and Public Policy Theory, Case Studies and Implications

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    9780230004979

  • ISBN10:

    0230004970

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-10-17
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This volumes discusses the determinants of happiness and presents case studies of how public policy can help promote happiness.

Author Biography

YEW-KWANG NG holds a personal chair at Monash University, Australia. LOK SANG HO is Professor of Economics at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Happiness as the Only Ultimate Objective of Public Policy
A Historical Overview of the State of Well Being of Humanity
Quality-of-life in the Modern Society Measured with Happy Life Years
Determinants and Origins of Happiness: The Conceptual Framework
'The 'Three Happinesses' and Public Policy'
Internal and External Determinants of Subjective Well Being: Review and Policy Implications
Economics and Happiness Research: Insights from Austrian and Public Choice Economics
Area and Policy Case Studies
Do Cigarettes Make Smokers Happier?
Happiness and the Pursuit of a Life Worth Living: An Anthropological Approach
Psychological Approaches to the Relationship between Happiness and Public Policy in
Happiness and Development: Public Policy Initiatives in the Kingdom of Bhutan
An Exploratory Study of Resilience among Hong Kong Employees: Ways to Happiness
Fun, Fervour or Fitness? Sporting Cultures and Happiness
Implications and Conclusions
Public Policy Implications of Behavioural Economics and Happiness Studies
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