International Differences in Well-Being

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

• IntroductionPart I Measuring Well-Being in an International ContextChapter 1: Diener, Kahneman, Tov and AroraChapter 2: Kahneman, Schkade, Fischler, Krueger and KrillaChapter 3: OishiChapter 4: Kapteyn, Smith and van SoestChapter 5: Deaton, Fortson and TortoraPart II International Comparisons of Income and Well-Being through TimeChapter 6: Layard, Mayraz and Nickell Chapter 7: Easterlin and SawangfaChapter 8: Di Tella and MacCullochChapter 9: Graham, Chattopadhyay and PiconPart III International Differences in the Social Context of Well-BeingChapter 10: Helliwell, Barrington-Leigh, Harris and HuangChapter 11: VeenhovenChapter 12: InglehartChapter 13: Harter and Arora Chapter 14: Clark

"...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