- Additional Authors
- Description
- 42 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- The paper explores issues with assessing wellbeing in OECD countries based on self-reported life satisfaction surveys in a pooled regression over time and countries, at the country level and the OECD average. The results, which are in line with previous studies of subjective wellbeing, show that, apart from income, the state of health, not being unemployed, and social relationships are particularly important for wellbeing with only some differences across countries. The results also show that cultural differences are not major drivers of differences in life satisfaction. Correlations between the rankings of measures of life satisfaction and other indicators of wellbeing such as the Human Development Index and Better Life Index are also relatively high. Measures of subjective wellbeing can play an important part in informing policy makers of progress with wellbeing in general, or what seems to matter for wellbeing—health, being employed and social contacts-- beyond income.
- Series Statement
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.921
- Uniform Title
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.921.
- Subject
- Economics
- LCCN
- 10.1787/5kg0k6zlcm5k-en
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-003162
- Author
Fleche, Sarah.
- Title
Exploring Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing in OECD Countries [electronic resource]: Evidence from the World Value Survey / Sarah Fleche, Conal Smith and Piritta Sorsa
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2011.
- Series
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.921
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.921.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Economics
- Added Author
Smith, Conal.
Sorsa, Piritta.
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/5kg0k6zlcm5k-en doi