Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies and Implications

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Happiness as the Only Ultimate Objective of Public Policy....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Quality-of-Life in the Modern Society Measured with Happy Life Years....Pages 19-44
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
“The ‘Three Happinesses’ and Public Policy”....Pages 47-66
Internal and External Determinants of Subjective Well-Being: Review and Policy Implications....Pages 67-88
Economics and Happiness Research: Insights from Austrian and Public Choice Economics....Pages 89-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?....Pages 109-146
Happiness and the Pursuit of a Life Worth Living: An Anthropological Approach....Pages 147-168
Psychological Approaches to the Relationship between Happiness and Public Policy in P.R. China....Pages 169-192
Happiness and Development — Public Policy Initiatives in the Kingdom of Bhutan....Pages 193-208
An Exploratory Study of Resilience Among Hong Kong Employees: Ways to Happiness....Pages 209-220
Fun, Fervor or Fitness?: Sporting Cultures and Happiness....Pages 221-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Public Policy Implications of Behavioral Economics and Happiness Studies....Pages 237-252
Back Matter....Pages 253-260