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What is national wellbeing and what is progress? Why measure these definitions? Why are measures beyond economic performance needed and how will they be used? How do we measure national wellbeing & turn the definitions into observable quantities? Where are we now and where to next? These questions are asked and answered in this much needed, timely book. The Wellbeing of Nations provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of the measurement of national well-being, examining whether national wellbeing is more than the sum of the wellbeing of everyone in the country, and identifying and…mehr
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- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- Seitenzahl: 288
- Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2014
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781118917039
- Artikelnr.: 41208764
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- Seitenzahl: 288
- Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2014
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781118917039
- Artikelnr.: 41208764
why measure it? 1 1.1 Motivation: Why measure wellbeing? 3 1.2 What is
individual wellbeing? 8 1.3 Aspects of individual wellbeing 11 1.4 How to
measure individual wellbeing? 16 1.4.1 Basics of measurement 16 1.4.2 What
is measured matters 18 1.5 Properties of measurements 21 1.5.1 Validity 21
1.5.2 Reliability 22 1.6 Objective or subjective? 22 1.7 Combining multiple
aspects 23 1.8 What is national wellbeing? 26 1.9 And how to measure
national wellbeing? 27 1.10 Structure of the book 30 References 31 2 A
short history of national wellbeing and its measurement 35 2.1 The good
society and philosophies of the role of government, from ancient times 36
2.2 Utilitarianism 39 2.3 The American constitution 41 2.4 Official
statistics - statistics about the state and about the state of society 42
2.5 National accounts and GDP 44 2.6 More to life than GDP 51 2.7 Social
indicator movement and measuring quality of life 53 2.8 Health and
wellbeing 56 2.9 Rise of measurement of psychological wellbeing (life
satisfaction, happiness, worthwhile lives) 58 2.10 The Easterlin paradox 61
2.11 Taking note of the change in the quality of the goods and services we
use 62 2.12 Capability approach to quality of life (Sen) and the human
development index 63 2.13 Social capital and public value 65 2.14 Limits to
growth and sustainable development indicators 67 2.14.1 Sustainable
development indicators 69 2.14.2 Green growth indicators 72 2.14.3 Natural
resource accounting 73 2.15 Commentary 75 References 77 3 Recent
developments: Towards economic, social and environmental accounts 83 3.1
Mismeasuring our lives: The report by the Commission on the Measurement of
Economic Performance and Social Progress 85 3.2 Replacing the Millennium
Development Goals 90 3.3 A new global movement? 93 3.4 Commentary 104
References 110 4 Measuring individual wellbeing 115 4.1 On quantification
119 4.2 Single measures of wellbeing 123 4.3 Combining aspects of wellbeing
125 4.3.1 Causes, effects, and correlates 126 4.3.2 Subjective components
of wellbeing 127 4.3.3 Weighted sums 129 4.4 Components of individual
wellbeing 132 4.5 The frailty of memory 137 4.6 The devil's in the details
138 4.7 Conclusion 142 References 143 5 Preparing to measure national
wellbeing 146 5.1 Towards a user requirement for measures of national
wellbeing and progress 147 5.2 Towards a framework to measure the progress
of societies 152 5.3 Constructing measures of progress and national
wellbeing: Identifying and meeting user requirements 160 5.4 Commentary 166
References 168 6 How to measure national wellbeing? 171 6.1 Drawing on the
national economic accounts 172 6.2 Extending the national accounts 181
6.2.1 Consider income and consumption jointly with wealth 183 6.2.2 Give
more prominence to the distribution of income, consumption and wealth 185
6.2.3 Broaden income measures to nonmarket activities 187 6.3 Indicator
sets describing social and environmental conditions relating to wellbeing
190 6.3.1 Improve measures of people's health, education, personal
activities and environmental conditions 191 6.3.2 Quality-of-life
indicators in all the dimensions covered should assess inequalities in a
comprehensive way 193 6.3.3 Surveys should be designed to assess the links
between various quality-of-life domains for each person, and this
information should be used when designing policies in various fields 193
6.3.4 Statistical offices should provide the information needed to
aggregate across quality-of-life dimensions, allowing the construction of
different indexes 194 6.3.5 Sustainability assessment requires a
well-identified dashboard of indicators 199 6.3.6 The environmental aspects
of sustainability deserve a separate follow-up based on a well-chosen set
of physical indicators 203 6.4 Survey-based data on subjective wellbeing
204 6.5 Developments in measuring national wellbeing and progress around
the world 205 6.6 Important issues in the measurement of national wellbeing
209 References 212 7 Wellbeing policy and measurement in the UK 217
References 233 8 Conclusions 236 8.1 Progress 236 8.2 Measuring wellbeing
241 8.3 New technologies, new data? 244 8.4 Beyond the economy 245 8.5 The
future 249 References 250 Appendix: Sources of methods and measures of
wellbeing and progress 253 Further reading 269 Index 271
why measure it? 1 1.1 Motivation: Why measure wellbeing? 3 1.2 What is
individual wellbeing? 8 1.3 Aspects of individual wellbeing 11 1.4 How to
measure individual wellbeing? 16 1.4.1 Basics of measurement 16 1.4.2 What
is measured matters 18 1.5 Properties of measurements 21 1.5.1 Validity 21
1.5.2 Reliability 22 1.6 Objective or subjective? 22 1.7 Combining multiple
aspects 23 1.8 What is national wellbeing? 26 1.9 And how to measure
national wellbeing? 27 1.10 Structure of the book 30 References 31 2 A
short history of national wellbeing and its measurement 35 2.1 The good
society and philosophies of the role of government, from ancient times 36
2.2 Utilitarianism 39 2.3 The American constitution 41 2.4 Official
statistics - statistics about the state and about the state of society 42
2.5 National accounts and GDP 44 2.6 More to life than GDP 51 2.7 Social
indicator movement and measuring quality of life 53 2.8 Health and
wellbeing 56 2.9 Rise of measurement of psychological wellbeing (life
satisfaction, happiness, worthwhile lives) 58 2.10 The Easterlin paradox 61
2.11 Taking note of the change in the quality of the goods and services we
use 62 2.12 Capability approach to quality of life (Sen) and the human
development index 63 2.13 Social capital and public value 65 2.14 Limits to
growth and sustainable development indicators 67 2.14.1 Sustainable
development indicators 69 2.14.2 Green growth indicators 72 2.14.3 Natural
resource accounting 73 2.15 Commentary 75 References 77 3 Recent
developments: Towards economic, social and environmental accounts 83 3.1
Mismeasuring our lives: The report by the Commission on the Measurement of
Economic Performance and Social Progress 85 3.2 Replacing the Millennium
Development Goals 90 3.3 A new global movement? 93 3.4 Commentary 104
References 110 4 Measuring individual wellbeing 115 4.1 On quantification
119 4.2 Single measures of wellbeing 123 4.3 Combining aspects of wellbeing
125 4.3.1 Causes, effects, and correlates 126 4.3.2 Subjective components
of wellbeing 127 4.3.3 Weighted sums 129 4.4 Components of individual
wellbeing 132 4.5 The frailty of memory 137 4.6 The devil's in the details
138 4.7 Conclusion 142 References 143 5 Preparing to measure national
wellbeing 146 5.1 Towards a user requirement for measures of national
wellbeing and progress 147 5.2 Towards a framework to measure the progress
of societies 152 5.3 Constructing measures of progress and national
wellbeing: Identifying and meeting user requirements 160 5.4 Commentary 166
References 168 6 How to measure national wellbeing? 171 6.1 Drawing on the
national economic accounts 172 6.2 Extending the national accounts 181
6.2.1 Consider income and consumption jointly with wealth 183 6.2.2 Give
more prominence to the distribution of income, consumption and wealth 185
6.2.3 Broaden income measures to nonmarket activities 187 6.3 Indicator
sets describing social and environmental conditions relating to wellbeing
190 6.3.1 Improve measures of people's health, education, personal
activities and environmental conditions 191 6.3.2 Quality-of-life
indicators in all the dimensions covered should assess inequalities in a
comprehensive way 193 6.3.3 Surveys should be designed to assess the links
between various quality-of-life domains for each person, and this
information should be used when designing policies in various fields 193
6.3.4 Statistical offices should provide the information needed to
aggregate across quality-of-life dimensions, allowing the construction of
different indexes 194 6.3.5 Sustainability assessment requires a
well-identified dashboard of indicators 199 6.3.6 The environmental aspects
of sustainability deserve a separate follow-up based on a well-chosen set
of physical indicators 203 6.4 Survey-based data on subjective wellbeing
204 6.5 Developments in measuring national wellbeing and progress around
the world 205 6.6 Important issues in the measurement of national wellbeing
209 References 212 7 Wellbeing policy and measurement in the UK 217
References 233 8 Conclusions 236 8.1 Progress 236 8.2 Measuring wellbeing
241 8.3 New technologies, new data? 244 8.4 Beyond the economy 245 8.5 The
future 249 References 250 Appendix: Sources of methods and measures of
wellbeing and progress 253 Further reading 269 Index 271