Wealth(s) and Subjective Well-Being

Description

This volume examines the impact of wealth on quality of life and subjective well-being (SWB). As wealth is related to economic, environmental and social features of societies, this volume serves as an important resource in understanding economic and SWB. It further discusses a variety of experiences and consequences of inequalities of wealth. Through the availability of wealth data in recent international surveys, this volume explores the multiple relations between wealth and SWB. Structured around four main pillars the book presents analysis of the topic at various levels such as theoretical and conceptual, methodological and empirically, ending with a section on distribution and policies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Why Wealth Matters More Than Income for Subjective Well-being? (Gaël Brulé, Christian Suter)....Pages 1-13 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Private Wealth and Happiness (Antje Jantsch, Ruut Veenhoven)....Pages 17-50 What Determines Subjective Material Well-Being? (M. Joseph Sirgy)....Pages 51-66 Jeremy Bentham, Utility, and the Golden Triangle of Happiness (Robert A. Cummins)....Pages 67-83 Front Matter ....Pages 85-85 Wealth and Partial Wealth (Peter Krause)....Pages 87-128 Innovating on Methods to Understand the Relationship Between Finances and Wellbeing (Neil McHugh, Olga Biosca, Rachel Baker, Fatma Ibrahim, Cam Donaldson)....Pages 129-144 Front Matter ....Pages 145-145 Affluence: More Relative Than Absolute (Mariano Rojas)....Pages 147-166 Wealth Influences Life Satisfaction More Than Income: A Supplement to The Easterlin Paradox (Bruce Headey)....Pages 167-182 Does Money Buy Happiness? Associations Between Family Wealth and Levels of Wellbeing of Young Australians (Jenny Chesters)....Pages 183-198 The Four Forms of Wealth and Happiness: How Different Forms of Wealth Affect the Subjective Well-being of the Elderly in Europe (Gaël Brulé, Laura Ravazzini)....Pages 199-219 Wealth and Well-being in the United States (Elizabeth C. Burland)....Pages 221-245 Is Philanthropy a Way for the Wealthy to Convert Wealth into Happiness? Preliminary Exploration in France (Charles Sellen)....Pages 247-278 Front Matter ....Pages 279-279 Housing Tenure, Housing Wealth and Subjective Wellbeing in Australia: The Case of Unemployment (Stéfanie André, Caroline Dewilde, Ruud Muffels)....Pages 281-304 Are Homeowners Happier than Tenants? Empirical Evidence for Switzerland (Yvonne Seiler Zimmermann, Gabrielle Wanzenried)....Pages 305-321 Front Matter ....Pages 323-323 National Wealth and the Subjective Well-Being of Nations (Hans-Jurgen Engelbrecht)....Pages 325-351 Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being (Anne Musson, Damien Rousselière)....Pages 353-374 Front Matter ....Pages 375-375 Debts, Negative Life Events and Subjective Well-Being: Disentangling Relationships (Oshrat Hochman, Nora Müller, Klaus Pforr)....Pages 377-399 Wealth Changes and Their Impact on Subjective Well-Being (Christoph Halbmeier, Markus M. Grabka)....Pages 401-414 The Dynamic Relationship Between Wealth and Subjective Well-Being Among Mid-Life and Older Adults in Israel (Ira Sobel, Moshe Semyonov, Noah Lewin-Epstein)....Pages 415-442 Front Matter ....Pages 443-443 Wealth, Happiness and Happiness Inequality in China (Haining Wang, Zhiming Cheng, Russell Smyth)....Pages 445-461 The ‘Rich’ and ‘Poor’: The Widening Income and Development Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations Worldwide (Richard J. Estes)....Pages 463-484 Wealth Trends in the United States During the Great Recession and Recovery, 2001–2016 (Edward N. Wolff)....Pages 485-503 Back Matter ....Pages 505-508