Research Catalog
Alternative Measures of Well-Being
- Title
- Alternative Measures of Well-Being [electronic resource] / Romina Boarini, Åsa Johansson and Marco d'Ercole
- Author
- Boarini, Romina.
- Publication
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2006.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 59 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- All discussions about the desirability of policy reforms rest on judgements about their effects on individuals and societal well-being. Yet, suitable measures for assessing how well-being is changing over time or compares across countries are lacking. This problem is, of course, not new and standard economic theory has provided, over the years, a range of insights about the criteria and domains that are most critical for the measurement of well-being, and on the relation between well-being and measures of economic resources. This paper does not revisit this theoretical discussion, nor does it provide a comprehensive review of different approaches to the measurement of well-being. It rather assesses whether GDP per capita is an adequate proxy as a measure of well-being or whether other indicators — used either as substitutes or as complements to GDP per capita — are more suitable for that purpose. Attention is limited to only some of the factors that influence well-being, and excludes some critical elements such as the environment, home production and other non-market factors.
- Series Statement
- OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.33
- Uniform Title
- OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, no.33.
- Subject
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- LCCN
- 10.1787/713222332167
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-004167
- Author
- Boarini, Romina.
- Title
- Alternative Measures of Well-Being [electronic resource] / Romina Boarini, Åsa Johansson and Marco d'Ercole
- Imprint
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2006.
- Series
- OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.33OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.33.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- Added Author
- Johansson, Åsa.d'Ercole, Marco.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 10.1787/713222332167 doi