Alternative Measures of Well-Being / / Romina Boarini, Asa Johansson, Marco Mira d'Ercole

• Autore: Boarini Romina
• Pubblicazione: Paris : , : OECD, , 2006; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (58 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 330.015195
• Soggetto topico: Economic indicators
• Persona (resp. second.): JohanssonÅsa; Mira D'ErcoleMarco
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alternative Measures of Well-Being
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910138328003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: OECD social, employment, and migration working papers ; ; No. 33.