title: The happiness effect.
abstract: Emerging from the worst economic crisis in decades, more governments than ever are measuring health and happiness as well as gross domestic product. But how will the study of well-being shape new policies?
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghent
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D014943:Global Health; D006240:Happiness; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends