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)
4 An Overview of Intertemporal Measures of Individual Well-being: Can They Explain Life Satisfaction Better?     (Conchita D'Ambrosio)
5 The Importance of ‘Domain Importance’ for Happiness Economics (Tim Tiefenbach and Florian Kohlbacher)
6 Adaptation and the Easterlin Paradox (Andrew Clark)
Part II:  Income Inequality, Employment, and Happiness
7 Comparative Study of Happiness and Inequality in Five Industrialized Countries (Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Sayaka Sakoda)
8 Happiness, Social Cohesion and Income Inequalities in Britain and Japan (Dimitris Ballas, Danny Dorling, Tomoki Nakaya, Helena Tunstall, Kazumasa Hanaoka and Tomoya Hanibuchi)
9           Happiness and Employment Status (Tadashi Yagi, Katsuhiko Yonezaki and Kunio Urakawa)
10 The Impact of Employment System on Feeling of Happiness in Germany and Japan        (Toshiyuki Shirakawa)
11 Effects of Paid and Unpaid Overtime Work on Stress, Earnings and Happiness (Akira Kawaguchi and Takato Kasai)
Part III:  Societal Issues and Happiness
12     Why Do Japanese Parents and Their Young Adult Children Live Together? (Kei Sakata and C.R. McKenzie)
13 Anticipation of Life Satisfaction before Emigration Evidence from German Panel Data (Marcel Erlinghagen)
14 Does City Size affect Happiness? (Yoshio Itaba)
15 Can Work-Life Balance Policies Foster Happiness within the Family?A Comparison of Traditional versus New Family Arrangements (Álvaro Martínez-Pérez)
16 Accessing Suicidal Ideation fromResponses to Queries on Subjective Well-being (Susumu Kuwahara, Teruyuki Tamura, Akiko Kamesaka and Toshiya Murai)
17 Do the Arts and Culture Have a Positive Impact on Happiness? Beyond Methodological Issues (Nobuko Kawashima)
18 Arts and Happiness (Lasse Steiner). .