TY - GEN N2 - Annotation N2 - This edited volume makes a contribution to the literature on happiness research by compiling studies based on cross-national research and from diverse academic disciplines. The book is distinctive in that it contains both theoretical and empirical analyses, investigating relationship between causes of happiness and economic behaviour relating to employment, consumption, and saving. Most notably, it is one of the first studies in this subject area that analyzes micro data collected in Europe, US and Japan with information on respondents' attributes and their economic behavior, as well as in measuring inter-temporal happiness by principal factor analysis. Research findings in this volume shed new light on public policies for a number of areas such as employment, family, social welfare, urban and regional planning, and culture. DO - 10.1007/978-4-431-55753-1 DO - doi AB - Annotation AB - This edited volume makes a contribution to the literature on happiness research by compiling studies based on cross-national research and from diverse academic disciplines. The book is distinctive in that it contains both theoretical and empirical analyses, investigating relationship between causes of happiness and economic behaviour relating to employment, consumption, and saving. Most notably, it is one of the first studies in this subject area that analyzes micro data collected in Europe, US and Japan with information on respondents' attributes and their economic behavior, as well as in measuring inter-temporal happiness by principal factor analysis. Research findings in this volume shed new light on public policies for a number of areas such as employment, family, social welfare, urban and regional planning, and culture. T1 - Advances in happiness research :a comparative perspective / AU - Tachibanaki, Toshiaki, CN - BF575.H27 ID - 890082 KW - Happiness. SN - 9784431557531 SN - 4431557539 TI - Advances in happiness research :a comparative perspective / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-4-431-55753-1 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-4-431-55753-1 ER -