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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2023

Richard Layard
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Affiliation:
University of Oxford

Summary

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Wellbeing
Science and Policy
, pp. 331 - 342
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023
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Index

Abecedarian Project, 144
absolute difference, 120
absolute income, 203, 212214
abusive parents, 140
acetylcholine, 84
Action for Happiness, 73
active labour market policies (ALMPs), 176
adaptation
Easterlin paradox, 214215, 242
economic fluctuations and, 217
partial, 5859
process of, 4, 48, 52
total, 5758
unemployment and, 171
addiction, 57
ADHD, 84, 154, 158
Adler, Arthur, 70
Adler, Matthew D., 25, 31, 145
adopted children studies, 8687, 89
adrenaline, 82
affective wellbeing, 184, 270, 279
age, wellbeing and, 104106
agency, influence on wellbeing, 33, 65, 187, 260, 263
agglomeration benefits, 240
Ahmadiani, Mona, 239
Ahmedani, Brian K., 156
air pollution, 10, 55, 240, 244
airport noise, 244
Akay, Alpaslan, 228
Aknin, Lara, 64
Alabrese, Eleonora, 278
Albertsen, Karen, 190
Alcock, Ian, 238
alcoholism, 157
Alesina, Alberto, 228
Algan, Yann, 278
Allcott, Hunt, 148
altruism, 26, 288
Alvarez-Diaz, Angel, 264
Amabile, Teresa M., 196, 199
Amato, Paul R., 140
American National Election Study (ANES), 269
American Psychological Association, 73
Andersson, Gerhard, 161
Andrews, Frank M., 42
Anglo-Scottish Enlightenment, 1
Angrave, David, 189
Angrist, Burton, 143
Angrist, Joshua D., 113
Anisman, Hymie, 139
anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), 80, 153
anti-social behaviour, 89, 143
Anusic, Ivana, 171
anxiety
in evolutionary psychology, 51, 73
mindfulness and, 7576
unemployment and, 167
anxiety disorder, 7, 154, 157
adopted children studies and, 87
cognitive behavioural therapy and, 5, 7273
diagnosis of, 128
pscyhological treatment of, 158
psychological treatment of, 160
treatment gap in, 159
Appleyard, Donald, 240
approach/avoidance system, 56
Arab Spring, 270
Arampatzi, Efstratia, 270
Aristotle, 25, 3940, 221
arts, wellbeing and, 229230
Artz, Benjamin N., 188
attachment security, 139140
attention, 59, 7374
mindfulness and, 75
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), 154, 158
Aurelius, Marcus, 40
authoritative parenting, 140
automatic negative thoughts, 71
autonomic nervous system, 81
autonomy, 3, 65, 191, 193
average treatment effect on the treated (ATT), 121, 123
Ayuso-Mateos, José Luis, 154, 182
Azeez, Rasheed Olawale, 199
Baer, Ruth A., 75
Bakosh, Laura S., 75
Bandiera, Oriana, 188
Banerjee, Priya, 145
Barlow, David H., 155
Barraclough, B. M., 155
Bartels, Meike, 88, 169
Bartolini, Stefano, 225
Baselmans, Bart M., 90
Baumeister, David, 83
Beck, Aaron T., 5, 7172
Beck, Randall, 189
Becker, Gary, 65
behavioural economics, 56
behavioural revolution, 7273
behavioural science, 56
in wellbeing science, 34
behaviourism, economic impacts of, 4142
Bell, David N., 171
Bellet, Clement, 198, 243
Belsky, Jay, 89
Benjamin, Daniel, 23, 25, 65
Bennett, K., 75
Ben-Shahar, Tal, 73
Bentham, Jeremy, 40, 43, 45, 4850, 288
Berg, Justin M., 191
Berniell, M. I., 189
Besley, Timothy, 254255, 273
Bessa, Ioulia, 192
Betz, William, 228
binary dependent variables, 119120
binary independent variables, 120
Binder, Martin, 224
biomarkers, of wellbeing, 25, 83
biophilia, 239
bipolar disorder, 86, 88, 154, 157
Birkjær, Michael, 149
birth rate, 45, 287, 292
Biswas-Diener, Robert, 20
Bjørnskov, Christian, 256257
Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne, 144145
Blanchflower, David G., 102, 105, 192
Blasi, Joseph, 187
Bloom, Nicholas, 186, 190, 197
Blumenthal, Susan J., 155
Blundell, Richard, 176
Böckerman, Petri, 186
body
effects on mind, 8385
mind effects on, 8183
Bond, Timothy N., 29
bonding capital, 228
Borjas, George J., 192
Boskin, Michael J., 216
Bouckenooghe, Dave, 199
Bowlby, John, 139
Bowling Alone (Putnam), 223
Boyce, Christopher J., 217
Bradburn, Norman M., 24
brain activity, feelings and, 7981
brain measurements, 2, 35
Brave New World (Huxley), 48
Bravo, Martínez, 276
Brayfield, Arthur H., 194
Brexit (UK), 278
Breza, Emily, 186
bridging capital, 228
Bristol School Study, 141142
British Cohort Study 1970, 132
British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), 149, 274
Brodeur, Abel, 24
Broome, John, 287
Brough, Paula, 189
Brown, Donald, 32
Bryson, Alex, 182, 187, 192, 196
Bubonya, Melisa, 173
Buddhism, 5, 74, 76
Budolfson, Mark B., 44, 247
built environment, 240245
bullying, 147
business cycle, wellbeing and, 100, 217
Butz, Sebastian, 263
Cadoret, Remi J., 83
Camerer, Colin, 61
Campbell, Angus, 34, 42
Cantril ladder, 19, 28, 97, 257. See also life satisfaction
wellbeing inequality and, 101
Cantril, Hadley, 34, 42
Card, David, 176, 214
cardinal scale, 2829, 41
Carleton, Tamma A., 245
Carlson, Michelle C., 223
Carroll, Joseph, 263
Case, Anne, 107, 155
Caspi, Avshalom, 140
charitable giving, 31, 287
Chatterjee, Pranab, 191
Cheng, Terence C., 104
Chetty, Raj, 244
Cheung, Felix, 270
Chida, Yoichi, 155
child abuse, 8283
children, wellbeing in, 107108
Chilvers, Clair, 160
Chisholm, Dan, 159
Choi, James J., 59
Christakis, Nicolas A., 224
circle of concern, 287
Clark, Andrew E, 174
Clark, Andrew E., 20, 57, 128129, 131, 141, 143, 149, 155, 171, 173, 209, 212, 228, 231, 244, 283, 288289, 292
Clark, Ben, 241
Clark, David M., 157, 159160
clean energy, costs of, 247
Clifton, Jim, 188
climate change, 10, 44, 236, 245, 291
climate, effects on wellbeing, 236
Cochrane Reviews, 157
Coghill, David, 27
cognitive behavioural couple therapy (CBCT), 158
cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), 7073
anxiety disorder and, 5, 7273
behavioural revolution and, 7273
cognitive revolution and, 7172
depression and, 89
cognitive psychology, 43
cognitive revolution, 7172
Cohen, Sheldon, 83
Cohn, Alain, 64, 225
Cole-King, Alys, 83
Collaboration for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), 144
collaborative scheduling procedures, 190
collective action, 5556, 245
Collier, Paul, 229
common currency, for decision-making, 17
common mental disorders, 154
communism, 140
commuting, 10, 191, 236, 240242
comparator groups, 207, 212. See also social comparisons
comparator income, 213217
compassion, 30, 7576
competence, 65, 139, 193
conduct disorder, 154
conflict, family, 140141
confounding variables, 168, 206, 256, 262, 273
Confucius, 40
consequentialism, 4748
continuous scale, 19, 28
control groups, 30, 69, 121122, 146, 148150, 198, 214, 275
controlled experiments, 69, 148, 279
Cooper, Cary, 199
correlation coefficients, 117120, 123, 187, 207, 227
corruption, 10, 225
cortisol, 79, 82
cost-benefit analysis, of wellness, 285286
cost-effectiveness analysis, 284288
Cotofan, Maria, 172, 175, 186187
covariance, 119
covariance, genetic, 88
COVID-19 pandemic, 9798, 161, 175, 182, 187, 190
Cowley, Jennifer, 19
Crepon, Bruno, 176
Cresswell, Maxwell J., 83
crime, 227228, 231
critical value, 284
cross-sectional regressions, 168, 259
cut-off level, 284
Dahl, Cortland J., 85, 144
Dahl, Michael S., 186
Dalai Lama, 76
Danese, Andrea, 82, 140
Danner, Deborah D., 81
Dasgupta, Partha, 245
Davidson, Richard J., 75, 79
Davidson, Russell, 27
Davis, Randall S., 192
Day Reconstruction Method, 23
Daykin, Norma, 229
de Lazari-Radek, Katarzyna, 47
De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, 51, 62, 115, 169, 174, 186187, 207, 217, 247, 267, 284
Deacon, Brett J., 160
Deaton, Angus, 122
Deci, Edward L., 32, 65, 193
Dee, Thomas S., 143
default framing, 59
default mode network, 80
Delhey, Jan, 179
Deters, Fenne G., 148
Di Tella, Rafael, 263, 274
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM5), 154
Diener, Edward, 2728, 42, 169, 181, 230
difference-in-difference measure, 121, 123, 260
digital revolution, 161
DiJulio, B., 222
Dillard, Annie, 179
diminished sensitivity, 63
diminishing marginal utility, of income, 204205
Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), 163
discount rate, 246, 287
DNA, evidence for wellbeing, 90
Dohmen, Thomas, 213
Dolan, Paul, 24, 46, 73, 163, 182, 224, 229230, 244, 269
domain satisfaction indicators, 179
Donegani, Chiara Paola, 192
dopamine, 8485
drugs, psychiatric, 8485
drugs, recreational, 8384
Duncan, Jeanne, 141
Dunn, Elizabeth, 64, 140
Dunning, Darren L., 75
Durlak, Joseph A., 31
Dustmann, Christian, 227
Dutton, Jane E., 187
dynamic inconsistency, 57
Easterlin paradox, 203, 211, 213215, 217
Easterlin, Richard, 20, 42, 203, 211213
Ecological Momentary Assessment, 23, 26
economics, in wellbeing science, 34
Economist Intelligence Unit, 257
Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro, 41
Edmans, Alex, 31, 196
effect size, 70, 76, 120, 124
efficient situation, 55
egalitarianism, 4547
Ehrenreich, Barbara, 74
Eisenberger, Naomi I., 80
Eley, T. C., 89
Ellison, Christopher G., 231
EMERALD consortium, 161
Endicott, Henry Bradford, 194
endocannabinoids, 84
endogenous factors, 115, 123, 171, 176
endorphins, 84
endowment effect, 61
English National Housing Survey, 243
Enlightenment era, 4041
environment, natural, 237239
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) dimensions, 193
Epicurus, 39
epinephrine, 82
Epstein, Norman B., 150
equity, 55, 175, 288, 293
equivalent variation, 286
Esping-Andersen, Gøsta, 261
ethnic differences, 106107
ethnic diversity, wellbeing and, 228229
eudaimonia, 39
eudaimonic measures, of wellbeing, 2526
Eurobarometer survey, 211, 273
European Social Survey (ESS), 129, 186, 225, 227, 263
evaluative measures. See life satisfaction:as measure of subjective wellbeing
evaluative wellbeing, 184, 270
Evans, Dylan, 83
evidence-based therapies, 7, 159, 161
evolutionary psychology, 51, 73
exogenous factors, 115, 129, 171, 176, 275
exogenous natural variation, 198
Experience Corps, 223
experience machine, 48
experience sampling methods (ESM), 182, 196, 200
experimental method, 6970
experiments, 121122
explanatory variables, 113
external phenomenon, 29
externalities, 55, 6566
Falk, Armin, 213
family conflict, 140141, 149150
Fearon, R. P., 140
feelings, brain activity and, 7981
Fehr, Ernst, 64
Feinberg, David A., 150
Ferejohn, John, 273
Ferris, Laura J., 80
field experiments, 197198, 200
fight or flight response, 81
firmness, in parenting, 140
fixed-effect regressions, 169, 182, 196
Flavin, Patrick, 261, 269270
Flèche, Sarah, 143, 145, 260
Fleurbaey, Marc, 65
flexibility, in work, 8, 189191
Fonagy, Peter, 70
Ford, Henry, 194
Ford, Tamsin, 141, 147
Fortin, Nicole M., 101, 104
Fournier, Jay C., 159
Fowler, James H., 32, 224
framing, in decision-making, 5960
Framingham Heart Study, 224
Frank, Robert H., 64
Frederickson, Barbara L., 31, 51, 76, 145
Fredriksson, Peter, 143
free association, 70
Freeman, Richard B., 192
Freud, Sigmund, 7072, 86
Frey, Bruno S., 43, 241, 259260
Frijters, Paul, 23, 105, 170, 284, 292
Fujita, F., 27
functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), 79
fundamental human needs, 32
future wellbeing, 110, 246, 287
Gallup World Poll
affect, 106
day reconstruction in, 23
emotions, 101
government conduct, 255256
income effects, 208
life satisfaction and democratic quality of government, 257
life satisfaction and employment, 167, 180
life satisfaction within and between countries, 19, 32
political ideology, 263
political involvement, 267271
progressive taxation and wellbeing, 262
religion, 230
wellbeing inequality, 227
worldwide distribution of wellbeing, 97
gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA), 84
Garde, Anne Helene, 190
Gautier, Pieter, 176
generalised anxiety disorder, 154
genes
environment and, 8890
wellbeing and, 8590
Genesove, David, 61
genome-wide-association studies (GWAS), 90
German Enlightenment, 49
German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), 170, 244
Giattino, C., 179
Gibbons, Stephen, 239
Gilbert, Daniel, 59, 73
Gimenez-Nadal, Jose Ignacio, 103
Gini index, 227
Glaeser, Edward L., 65, 228
Global Peace Index, 135
glucose, 82
Goetzke, Frank, 239
Goff, Leonard, 227
Golder, Scott A., 182
Goleman, Daniel, 73, 76
Good Behaviour Game, 144
Goodman, Robert, 140
goods and services, government expenditure on, 262
government
conduct of, 30, 254256
democratic quality of, 256260
fundamental characteristics of, 254
size of, 261262
Graham, Carol, 213
Grant, Adam M., 191
green space, 237239
Groh, Ashley M., 139
gross domestic product (GDP), 1, 11, 17, 42, 133, 246, 261263, 270271, 273
Gross, James J., 145
group-based performance pay, 186
Gruber, Jonathan H., 287
habituation, 5759
Haisken-DeNew, John P., 173
Hallam, Susan, 145
Halpern, David, 240
Hamermesh, Daniel S., 189
Hamilton, William D., 66
Hanh, Thich Nhat, 75, 145
Hanniball, John, 228
Hanson, Rick, 74
Hanushek, Eric A., 143
happiness, teaching of, 144146
Happy Planet Index, 247
Harbaugh, William T., 64
Hare, Richard M., 47
Harju, Jarkko, 192
Harsanyi, Jan, 46
Harter, James K., 188, 196
Haworth, Claire M. A., 88, 92
Headey, Bruce, 57
health and wellbeing, 35
health policy, 162163
Healthy Minds experiment, 146
Healy, Andrew, 273, 275
Heatherton, Todd F., 199
Heckmann, James J., 144
hedonic measures, of wellbeing, 2324
hedonic price, 239
hedonic treadmill, 57
hedonimeter, 41
Helliwell, John, 1820, 64, 97, 99, 134, 169, 182, 221223, 225227, 229, 254257, 280
heritability, 88, 91
heroin, 158
Herrin, Jeph, 279
Heston, Leonard, 86
Hetschko, Clemens, 171172
Hetschkom, Clemens, 172
Hicks, John, 41
Hicks-Kaldor criterion, 42
hierarchy of needs, 32
Hills, Thomas T., 20, 257
Hindriks, Frank, 48
Hollon, Steven, 72
Holt-Lunstad, Julianne, 221
Holzel, Britta K., 75
housing quality, 244
Hoxby, Caroline M., 143
human relations movement, 194
Humphrey, Neil, 145
Huppert, Felicia, 74
Hutcheson, Francis, 40, 43, 45
Huxley, Aldus, 48
hypothetical questions, 285
Iaffaldano, Michelle T., 194
Ialongo, Nicholas S., 144
identical twin studies, 5, 87, 89
identifiable equations, 115
Idstad, Mariann, 31
Ifcher, John, 213
immigrants, wellbeing of, 9, 228229, 231
immune system, overactivity of, 82
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), 160
income, 89
comparison of, 212214
differences between countries, 210
differences in, 204
diminishing marginal utility of, 204205
effect on wellbeing, 205209
family, 141
life satisfaction and, 205209
long-term growth of, 211212
as measure of wellbeing, 1
policy considerations of comparison, 215217
independent variables, 117, 119120, 259, 289
individual optimum, 215216
individual performance pay, 186
ineqaulity, 226227
inflammation, 82
Inglehart, Ronald F., 276
inner state, 2, 29
inner wellbeing, 140
instrumental variables, 115116, 123
International Classification of Disease (ICD-11), 154
International Social Survey Program (ISSP), 184
inter-personal psychotherapy, 72
intertemporal social welfare, 44
interval scale. See cardinal scale
Isen, Alice M., 31
Ivlevs, Artjoms, 228
Jacobs, Tonya L., 75
Jahoda, Marie, 172
Jaidka, Kokil, 24
Jakobsson, Niklas, 143
James, William, 41
Jamshidi, Javad, 90
Jebb, Andrew T., 205
Jefferson, Thomas, 30, 40
Jennings, Patricia A., 75
job crafting interventions, 191
job satisfaction, 179181, 187196
group-based performance pay and, 187
pay and, 186
job security, 175, 181, 193
Johnson, George F., 194
Judge, Timothy A., 194
just-noticeable difference (JND), 2829
Kahneman, Daniel, 4, 24, 42, 56, 61, 182, 285
Kaiser, Caspar, 29
Kaldor, Nicholas, 42
Kamerāde, Daiga, 189
Katz, Lawrence F., 190
Kelly, Erin L., 190, 197
Kendler, Kenneth S., 89
Kennedy, Robert, 42
Kessler, Judd B., 31, 154
Kessler, Ronald C., 153
Keyes, Corey L. M., 26
Keynesian economics, 62
Kiecolt-Glaser, Janice K., 83
Kim-Cohen, Julia, 154
Kind, Michael, 173
King, David, 247
King, Vanessa, 73
Kirby, James N., 76
KiVa programme, 147
Kling, Jeffrey R., 244
Knabe, Andreas, 172, 176
Knack, Stephen, 224
Knies, Gundi, 147
Kok, Bethany E., 76
Krekel, Christian, 73, 195, 238, 245
Krueger, Alan B., 27, 46, 103, 143, 161
Kruse, Douglas, 186
Kubzansky, Laura D., 83
Kuo, Frances E., 238
Kuznets, Simon, 42, 272
laboratory experiments, 197, 237
Lades, Leonhard K., 182
Laibson, David, 57
laissez-faire, 4, 56
Lane, Tom, 64
Langella, Monica, 228
Langenkamp, Alexander, 268
Layard, Richard, 20, 50, 55, 71, 84, 8788, 140, 145, 150, 156157, 175, 204, 215216, 285
Lazarsfeld, Paul Felix, 172
Lazear, Edward P., 186, 188
Lee, Hyunjung, 31
Leichsenring, D., 70
length of life, 287
LePine, Jeffrey A., 184
Lepinteur, Anthony, 189
Levinson, Arik, 244
Lewis-Beck, Michael S., 273
Liberini, Frederica, 274, 278
libertarian paternalism, 60
Lieberman, Matthew D., 80, 221
life cycle, wellbeing and, 127
life expectancy, WELLBYs and, 108110
life satisfaction
Arab Spring and, 270
changes over time, 20
by country, 21
country differences in income and, 210
employment status and, 167171
income and, 205209
as measure of subjective wellbeing, 1820
physical illness and, 161162
political attitudes and, 277
political interest and, 264, 268
variation of within countries, 19
welfare expenditures and, 261
Lim, Chaeyoon, 231
Lim, Lena, 140
Lindholm, Annika, 270
Lindqvist, Erik, 208
linear probability model (LPM), 119
List, John, 61
Locke, John, 40
Loewenstein, George, 59, 217
Loewenstein, Richard, 59
logit analysis, 119, 123
loneliness, 221
longevity, 31, 81
Longhi, Simonetta, 228
Lordan, Grace, 146
Lorenzini, Jasmine, 270
loss aversion, 6063, 217, 246
Ludwig, Jens, 244
Luechinger, Simon, 244
Lykken, David, 169
Lyubomirsky, Sonja, 64, 73, 189
Macchia, Lucia, 161
MacKerron, George, 182
Maddison, David, 236
Maguire, Eleanor A., 85
major depression, 89
Malhotra, Arvind, 273
Mappiness app, 182, 235237
Marcus, Jan, 173
Martela, Frank, 193, 226
Marx, Karl, 243
Mas, Alexandre, 190
Maslow, Abraham, 32
Mayo, George Elton, 194
Mazzucato, Mariana, 247
McHugh. R. Kathryn, 160
McManus, Sally, 154155, 159
Meade, James E., 287
Meaney, Michael, 139
measurement error, 116, 123, 131, 206
mediating variables, 105, 116, 206
meditation, 7476
Meier, Stephan, 189, 224
Melhuish, Edward C., 144
Mellor-Marsá, Blanca, 191
men, wellbeing in, 101104
Menesini, Ersilia, 147
mental health, of parents, 141
mental illness, 129
economic impacts of, 156157
treatment of, 157158
Messner, Steven F., 261
Methot, Jessica R., 187
Metzler, Hannah, 24
Michels, Nathalie, 59, 83
Mill, John Stuart, 41, 45
mindfulness, 7476
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), 75
Minnesota Twin Registry, 87
misery, variation of in adults, 131132
Mistry, Rashmita S., 141
miswanting, 59
Moen, Phyllis, 190, 197
momentary happiness, 182
Montgomery, Mark R., 237
Moore, Brian, 147
Moore, Sophie E., 145
moral philosophy, 51
Mudde, Cas, 276
Muldoon, Jeffrey, 194
Murabito, Joanne M., 82
Murthy, R. Srinivasa, 222
Murthy, Vivek, 221
Mykletun, Arnstein, 81
nanny state, 50
Napie, Jaimie L., 263
National Depression Detection and Treatment Program, 161
national income. See gross domestic product (GDP)
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 157, 163, 284, 286
natural experiments, 189, 200, 237, 260, 271, 279280
naturalistic data, 121, 123
negative automatic thoughts, 71
negative externality, 8, 215, 218
Nelson, Charles A., 140
neo-classicalism, 193, 217
neuroplasticity, 85
neurotransmitters, 8384
New Economics Foundation, 247
Ng, Jason Wei Jian, 276
Nicholson, Amanda, 156
Nikolova, Milena, 173
noise, 244245, 248
Nowakowski, Adam, 277
Nozick, Robert, 48
nudge, policy of, 60
Nussbaum, Martha, 17
O’Connor, Kelsey J., 262
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 154
OCEAN, dimensions of personality, 91
odds ratio, 119120
Odean, Terrance, 61
Odermatt, Reto, 28, 58, 287
Ogbonnaya, Chidiebere, 188
Oishi, Shigehiro, 262
Okbay, Aysu, 90
omitted variables, 114115, 123, 131, 169, 206208
Onraet, Emma, 263
Orben, Amy, 148
ordinal scale, 2829
Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), 114
original position, 46, 58
Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban, 280
Oswald, Andrew J., 29, 102, 105, 169, 197, 199
Otake, Keiko, 59
Ott, Jan C., 255257
overarching good, 1
overemployment, 189
Pacek, Alexander, 261
pain, neuroscience of, 80
Pan, An, 155
panel data, 169, 206
panic attacks, 154
parasympathetic nervous system, 82
parental involvement, 141
parental relationships, 140
parents
wellbeing effect of, 139142
Pareto improvement, 41
Parfit, Derek, 287
Pargament, Kenneth I., 231
parity of esteem, 160
Park, Seong-Hyun, 237
Parks, Greg, 144
partial adaptation, 5859
Patten, Scott B., 155
Paul, Gordon, 72
Pavlov, Ivan, 41, 72
pay, workplace wellness and, 185186
Perez-Truglia, Ricardo, 25, 214
performance, work, 193200
Perry Pre-School project, 144
personality, wellbeing and, 9091
Persson, Torsten, 254, 273
Peterson, Christopher, 260
Pfeffer, Jeffrey, 192
phenylketonuria, 89
philosophy, in wellbeing science, 35
phobias, 154, 161
physical illness
life satisfaction and, 161162
wellbeing and, 155
Pinker, Steven, 18, 20, 74, 100
Pirralha, André, 269
placebo effect, 83
Pleck, Joseph H., 140
Plomin, Robert, 8688, 90
Pluess, Michael, 89
political interest,264, 268
political involvement,267271
political orientation, 262264
political philosophy, 51
populism, 267, 276280
positive psychology, 5, 7374
criticisms of, 74
Poskiparta, Elisa, 147
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 72, 154
Powdthavee, Nattavudh, 173
pre-school interventions, 144
presenteeism, 156
The Principle of Morals and Legislation (Bentham), 40
prioritarianism, 46, 50
Prisoner’s Dilemma, 64
probit analysis, 119, 123
procedural utility, 260, 264
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), 107
progressive taxation,262
propensity score matching, 123124, 275, 280
pro-social behaviour, 64, 140
prospect theory, 61, 63
Proto, Eugene, 197
Proudfoot, Judith, 159
Prozac, 84
Pryce, Joanna, 190
Przybylski, Andrew K., 147
psychoanalysis, 7071
psychological therapy, 7, 72, 85, 158161, 164
economic benefits of, 159
effectiveness of, 160161
physical benefits of, 159
shortfalls of, 159160
psychology, in wellbeing science, 34
public good problem, 245
Putnam, Robert D., 223, 228
Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALY), 45, 163, 284
quasi experiments, 113, 198, 200
Rabin, Matthew, 57, 61
Radcliff, Benjamin, 261, 263
Raichle, Marcus E., 80
Railton, Peter, 49
random assignment, 122, 124, 198, 275
randomised-controlled trial (RCT), 69
Raphael, David D., 40
Rath, Tom, 187
Rawls, John, 46
realistic thinking, 74
redundancy, 171, 175
reference point, 61
relatedness, 65, 193, 279
relative income, 203, 207, 212214
religion, participation in, 230231
reporting functions, in psychology, 29
representation, on company boards, 192
responsibility, individual, 5556
revealed preference, 285
reverse causality, 115116, 169, 206, 209
Ricard, Matthieu, 64
Rietveld, Cornelius A., 90
Riketta, Michael, 196
Rilling, James, 64
Ritov, I., 285
Robbins, Lionel, 41
Roest, Annelieke M., 156
Rogers, Carl, 70
Rollman, Bruce L., 159
Rosling, Hans, 100
Roth, Anthony, 71
Rothbard, Nancy P., 196
Roysamb, Espen, 88
Rudolf, Robert, 171
Runciman, W. A., 63
Rush, Augustus J., 71
Ryan, Richard M., 65, 193, 260
Ryff, Carol D., 25, 32, 260
Sachs, Jeffrey D., 247
Sacks, Daniel W., 100, 207
Sadler, Katherine, 154, 159
Salmivalli, Christina, 147
Satin, Jillian R., 156
scarring, from unemployment, 171172, 177
Schadke, David, 59
schizophrenia, 85, 87, 154, 157
Schkade, David A., 236
Schlenker, Barry R., 263
Schneider, Daniel, 190
school discipline, 147
schools, wellbeing and, 142143
Schoon, Ingrid, 189
Schutte, Nicola S., 83
Schwartz, Shalom H., 64
Scruton, Roger, 49
Seder, J. Patrick, 27
selection bias, 122123
self-control, 57
Self-Determination Theory (SDT), 193
selfishness, 4950
self-reports
predictive power of, 27
rating scales of, 2829
reliability of, 26
Seligman, Martin, 5, 18, 73
Semrau, M., 161
Sen, Amartya, 2, 1718, 27, 32, 4748
serotonin, 84
Sgroi, Daniel, 197
Shakya, Holly B., 148
Singer, Peter, 288
Singla, Daisy R., 161
Skidelsky, Robert, 18
Smart, John, 47
Smith, Adam, 41, 55, 254
Smith, Timothy B., 231
Soares, Sergei, 190
social and emotional learning (SEL), 144145
social capital, 222, 225, 228, 256, 291
social comparisons, 66, 103, 148, 182, 212, 214216, 242
social competence, 140
social indicators movement, 2
social media, 147149
social networks
crime and, 227228
functions of, 224
inequality and, 226227
trust and, 224226
volunteering and, 223224
social norms, 6, 9, 34, 6566, 133135
social optimum, 215216
social pain, 80
social prescribing, 230
social relationships, 187
social sanctions, 64
social welfare, 43
alternative concepts of, 4647
intertemporal, 44
social welfare function, 51
Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). See German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
sociology, in wellbeing science, 34
Solnick, Sara J., 215
somatosensory cortex, 80
Sorkin, Andrew R., 276
spatial equilibrium, 238239
Specht, Jule, 91
sports, participation in, 230
standard errors, 116117
standardised equations, 119
standardised variables, 120
statistics, in wellbeing science, 34
Steptoe, Andrew, 31, 8182
Stern, Nicholas, 245246
Stevenson, Betsey, 102103, 107
Stigler, George J., 65
Stiglitz, George, 65
stigma, 145, 160
Stoicism, 5, 40
Stolle, Dietlind, 228
stress, 81
Stutzer, Alois, 241, 259260
Suchak, Malini, 64
suicide, 226
wellbeing and, 155
Sunstein, Cass, 56, 60
Suomi, Stephen J., 139
Suppa, Nicolai, 173
sympathetic nervous system, 81
systematic desensitisation, 72
Tan, Erwin J., 223
Tavits, Margit, 263, 274
Tay, Louis, 32
Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 194, 209
teachers, 142
technological lag, 160
Tellegen, Auke, 87
Tenney, Elizabeth R., 195, 197
Tett, Robert P., 199
Thaler, Richard, 56, 6061
Theodossiou, Ioannis, 171
therapeutic alliance, 70
time series estimation, 123
timing, of effects, 116
Tims, Maria, 191
Toffolutti, Veronica, 159
treatment gap, 159
treatment group, 69
Tromholt, Morten, 148
trust, 224226
wallet experiments and, 224225
trustworthiness, of others, 65
Tversky, Amos, 56, 61, 63
Twenge, Jean M., 148
twin studies, 8586
Ulrich, Roger S., 237
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 247
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 253
unconditional love, 6, 139
underemployment, 167, 189
Understanding Society Survey, 129
unemployment, 7
anxiety and, 167
chidren’s wellbeing and, 173
effects on family, 173174
effects on the community, 174
misery and, 119
painfulness of, 172
policy implications of, 175176
scarring effects of, 171172
unions, work, 192193
unselfishness, 64
urban design, 240
US Business Roundtable, 193
Uslaner, Eric M., 228
utilitarianism, 41, 43, 45, 47, 50
Van der Weijer, Joost, 88
Van Kessel, Stijn, 276
Van Praag, Bernard M. S., 244
van Schaik, Digna J. F., 160
Van Wingerden, Jessica, 188
variables, explanatory power of, 117119
Varieties of Democracy project, 50, 257
Veenhoven, Ruut, 28, 267
veil of ignorance, 46
ventral striatum, 79
Verduyn, Philippe, 149
visual analogue method, 28
visual analogue scale, 19, 235
Volkow, Nora D., 80
voluntary exchange, 4
volunteering, 223224
Von Beyme, Klaus, 276
voting preferences, 272276
in United Kingdom, 274275
in United States, 275
wallet experiments, 224225
Wang, Philip S., 161
Wang, Senhu, 230
Ward, George, 31, 267, 273, 275, 277278
Washbrook, Elizabeth, 141
Watson, John B, 41
Weare, Katherine, 146
weather, effects of, 198, 236
Weber-Fechner effect, 29, 205
Weinstein, Neil, 49
Weinstein, Netta, 237
Weitz‐Shapiro, Rebecca, 269
welfare expenditures, 261
wellbeing
adult, 128132
affective measures of, 181
age and, 104106
the arts and, 229230
benefits of, 31
business cycle and, 100, 217
childhood predictors of, 132133
in children, 107108
climate effects on, 910
community effects on, 9
commuting and, 240242
cost-benefit analysis and, 285286
democratic quality of government and, 256260
ethnic differences and, 106107
ethnic diversity and, 228229
evaluative measures of, 181
governmental conduct and, 254256
government effects on, 1011
government expenditure on goods and services and, 262
government size and, 261262
green space and, 238239
housing quality and, 244
income and, 89
income as measure of, 1
income comparison and, 212214
income effect on, 205209
of immigrants, 228229
life cycle and, 127
long-term growth of income and, 211212
measurement of, 3
in men, 101104
natural environment and, 237239
noise and, 244245
as overarching good, 1
over life-course, 105
parental effects on, 139142
personality and, 9091
physical illness and, 155
political orientation and, 262264
populism and, 276280
progressive taxation and,262
quality of work and, 7
religious participation and, 230231
schools and, 142143
social norms effect on, 133135
sports participation and, 230
suicide and, 155
unemployment and, 7
voter preferences and, 272276
in women, 101104
worldwide distrubution of, 9799
wellbeing indicators, 17
wellbeing inequality
changes over time, 99101
personal factors in, 5
social factors in, 6
social networks and, 226227
worldwide distribution of, 9799
wellbeing policy
cost-effectiveness of, 284285
development of, 288290
experiments and, 290291
goals of, 283284
worldwide efforts, 291292
wellbeing science, 7, 12, 3435, 44, 50, 56, 65, 163, 229, 242, 261
benefits of, 3031
purpose of, 283
wellbeing, adult, 128132
differences in, 130132
education and,141
family and,141
health and, 128
income and, 128, 130131
variation of misery and, 131132
work and, 128
wellbeing, future, 4344
wellbeing, subjective, 1
brain activity and, 27
in cities, 241
criticisms of, 4751
defined, 18
eudaimonic measures of, 2526
hedonic measures of, 2324
life satisfaction as measure of, 1820
personal factors affecting, 19
third-party reports and, 27
wellbeing, workplace
interesting work and, 191
pay and, 185186
purpose and, 191
unions and, 192193
work hours and, 189191
work performance and, 193200
workplace relationships and, 187189
WELLBYs
birth rate and, 287
as comparive measure, 7
cost-effectiveness of wellness policies and, 284
defined, 11
discount rate and, 246
Happy Planet Index and, 248
life expectancy and, 108110
natural environment and, 238
non-humans and, 288
wellbeing over time and, 4344
Wells, Kenneth B., 159
Welsch, Heinz, 244
White, Judith B., 216
White, Mathew, 238
whole economy, 62
Wilkinson, Richard G., 226
Williams, J. Mark G., 155
Williams, M., 75
Williams, Mark, 75
Wilson, Edward O., 239
Wilson, Sandra Jo, 82, 147
Wilson, Timothy, 144
Winkelmann, Liliana, 170, 173
within-person changes, 169, 176
Witte, Caroline T., 270
Wolke, Dieter, 147
Wolpe, Joseph, 72
women, wellbeing in, 101104
Wootton, Richard, 88
work
happiness and. See job satisfaction
importance of, 167171
life satisfaction and, 167171
work hours, 189191
work relationships, 187189
work, interesting, 191
work, purposeful, 191
working hours, 189
work-life balance, 189190, 193
World Bank, 254
World Happiness Report, 11, 19, 253
World Values Survey, 169, 223, 227, 263, 268
Yip, Winnie, 225
Zaccaro, Stehen J., 75
Zajonc, Robert B., 59
Zeno the Stoic, 39
Zhong, Yang, 269
Zinn, John Kabat, 75

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