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List of contents
Foreword 1. Overview of Wellbeing and Policy: Evidence for Action
Part I. Wellbeing: Evidence across Domains 2. Income and Wellbeing 3. Work and Wellbeing: Maximising the Wellbeing of Tomorrow's Workforce 4. Health and Wellbeing: Identifying Causal Effects 5. Family and Wellbeing: The Emerging Importance of Family Wellbeing Studies for Social Policies and Services 6. Altruism, Empathy & Wellbeing: Improving Lives Through Policy That Aligns with our Better Angels 7. Ageing and Wellbeing: The Potential of Senior Policy to Support Seniors' Subjective Wellbeing 8. Gender and Wellbeing: Key States of the Life Course 9. Education and Wellbeing 10. Housing, Neighbourhoods, and Wellbeing 11. Environment and Wellbeing: Assessing the Impact of Environmental Quality and Pro-environmental Behavior on Wellbeing 12. (Fear of) Crime and Wellbeing: The Role of Individual and Country-level Determinants 13. Democracy and Wellbeing 14. Migration and Wellbeing: A Policy Review 15. Religion, Spirituality and Wellbeing: Can Spiritual/Religious Practice Improve Individuals' Wellbeing? 16. Digital Technology and Wellbeing: Moving beyond the Hype 17. Art, Culture, and Wellbeing: Reaping the Rewards of Creativity
Part II. Wellbeing: Evidence from Countries 18. Wellbeing and Policy in Bhutan
19. Wellbeing and Policy in New Zealand: From a Wellbeing Framework to a Government-Wide Approach 20. Wellbeing and Policy in Finland: The Economy of Wellbeing Approach 21. Wellbeing Policy in the UAE: Strategic Directions and Lessons Learned 22. Wellbeing and Policy in Canada: Progress towards Measurement and Practice 23. Wellbeing and Policy in Australia 24. Wellbeing and Policy in the UK 25. Wellbeing and Policy in Japan 26. Wellbeing and Policy in Malta: Doing well. Feeling good?
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About the author
Marie Briguglio is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Malta. She graduated from the Universities of Malta, Stirling, and University College London, has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications, and has led several collaborative research projects and multi-media works.
Natalia V. Czap is Professor of Economics and the Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at University of Michigan-Dearborn, the United States. Her research interests include behavioural and experimental economics, behavioural public policy, and wellbeing policy.
Kate Laffan is Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science at the Department for Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She researches the reciprocal relationship between human wellbeing and behaviour and works on the application of behavioural science to policy challenges.
