International Differences in Well-Being

by Ed Diener, Daniel Kahneman, John Helliwell

Overview

This book brings together the best of current global research on the measurement and understanding of international differences in well-being

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199889839
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/10/2010
Series:	Oxford Positive Psychology Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

ED: Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois, and currently the president of IPPA, the International Positive Psychology Association (2008 & 2009).DK: Nobel Prize winner (2002, Economic Science), and Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is also Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Emeritus at the Woodrow Wilson School, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton University, and a fellow of the Center for Rationality at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.JH: Arthur J.E. Child Foundation Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of British Columbia

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I Measuring Well-Being in an International Context

Chapter 1: Diener, Kahneman, Tov and Arora
Chapter 2: Kahneman, Schkade, Fischler, Krueger and Krilla
Chapter 3: Oishi
Chapter 4: Kapteyn, Smith and van Soest
Chapter 5: Deaton, Fortson and Tortora

Part II International Comparisons of Income and Well-Being through Time

Chapter 6: Layard, Mayraz and Nickell
Chapter 7: Easterlin and Sawangfa
Chapter 8: Di Tella and MacCulloch
Chapter 9: Graham, Chattopadhyay and Picon


Part III International Differences in the Social Context of Well-Being

Chapter 10: Helliwell, Barrington-Leigh, Harris and Huang
Chapter 11: Veenhoven
Chapter 12: Inglehart
Chapter 13: Harter and Arora
Chapter 14: Clark

Editorial Reviews

"...chapters in this book will motivate researchers to construe their scientific findings in a variety of ways...This book is highly recommended to anyone hoping to pursue research on well-being in an international context or planning to analyze international survey databases." —PsycCRITIQUES

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