1. Introduction : happiness as the only ultimate objective of public policy = 1 2. Quality-of-life in the modern society measured with happy life years = 19 3. "The 'three happinesses' and public policy" = 47 4. Internal and external determinants of subjective well-being : review and policy implications = 67 5. Economics and happiness research : insights from Austrian and public choice economics = 89 6. Do cigarette taxes make smokers happier? = 109 7. Happiness and the pursuit of a life worth living : an anthropological approach = 147 8. Psychological approaches to the relationship between happiness and public policy in P.R. China = 169 9. Happiness and development - public policy initiatives in the Kingdom of Bhutan = 193 10. An exploratory study of resilience among Hong Kong employees : ways to happiness = 209 11. Fun, fervor or fitness? : sporting cultures and happiness = 221 12. Public policy implications of behavioral economics and happiness studies = 237