1 Introduction -- Part I: Issues in Happiness Research—Concepts, Measurement and Interpretation -- 2 Happiness: Research and Policy Considerations (Bruno Frey and Jana Gallus) -- 3 The ‘Wicked Problem’ of Wellbeing: Theorising the Prospects for Policy Change (Ian Bache and Louise Reardon)...

Redistribution differs widely across countries, but our understanding of why this is the case is limited. In democracies, the extent of redistribution should ultimately reflect citizens’ preferences. We measure preferences for redistribution in six developed countries through internationally...

This paper provides evidence from Internet-based, large-scale survey data of hypothetical choice experiment on the relative utility hypothesis. The methodology exploited here complements previous empirical results from happiness studies, incentivized choice experiment studies, and neuroscience...