This book surveys and synthesises recent developments in wellbeing science and policy to highlight key lessons learned and to offer actionable insights for policymaking. It reviews the links between wellbeing and various domains, including income, work, health, family, altruism and empathy, ageing, gender, education, housing, environment, crime, democracy, migration, religion, digital technology, and art, culture and creativity. 

The book also examines the state of the art on wellbeing policy frameworks in diverse contexts, including developed and developing countries, small and large states, across the world, documenting interventions by governmental, private or non-governmental organisations. Case studies include Bhutan, New Zealand, Finland, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan and Malta.

This book is aimed at anyone interested in progressing towards a wellbeing economy including policymakers, academics, and students in economics, public policy, public administration, and behavioural and political science.

Parts

1. Wellbeing: evidence across individual domains
2. Wellbeing: evidence across social and environmental domains
3. Wellbeing: evidence from countries.