Session 1: Subjective well being: Prospects for a better future?

Brain stimulation and genetic engineering : quantum leaps to improve the future of humanity (with implications for the economics of climate change)

Yew Kwang NG, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Happiness and development : the effect of mental well-being on economic growth

Ben LI, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Yi LU, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Job satisfaction and the labor market institutions in urban China

John S. HEYWOOD, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Managerial Economics Group, University of Birmingham
W. Stanley SIEBERT, Managerial Economics Group, University of Birmingham
Xiangdong WEI, Department of Economics, Lingnan University and Managerial Economics Group, University of Birmingham

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM