02357nam 2200397 450 991013832800332120230226013220.0(CKB)3230000000018174(NjHacI)993230000000018174(EXLCZ)99323000000001817420230226d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAlternative Measures of Well-Being /Romina Boarini, Asa Johansson, Marco Mira d'ErcoleParis :OECD,2006.©20061 online resource (58 pages) color illustrationsOECD social, employment, and migration working papers, ;No. 33Includes bibliographical references.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.OECD social, employment, and migration working papers ;No. 33.Economic indicatorsEconomic indicators.330.015195Boarini Romina1287172Johansson ÅsaMira D'Ercole MarcoNjHacINjHaclDOCUMENT9910138328003321Alternative Measures of Well-Being3020070UNINA