How to Measure Social Progress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11196825 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bent Greve (0000-0003-0502-4389, Department of Social Science and Business Roskilde University Roskilde Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1002-1022 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/spol.12219 |
| OpenAlex | W2303660071 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 68 |
A good society is the goal for social policy. Recent years have seen a growing awareness that gross domestic product (GDP) alone does not measure this. Happiness and well‐being have increasingly been seen as elements that should influence welfare policies. This review article provides an overview of many of the ways to measure well‐being and happiness. It attempts to cover three distinct, but interrelated subjects. First, why and what can be used to complement GDP as measures for societal development. Second, is there a relation between well‐being, happiness and central social policy areas? Third, whether knowledge on what makes people happy could inform policymakers in their decisions. The article discusses the many new attempts to measure societal development, and the fact that there are so many that decision makers and citizens are drowning by numbers and thereby not able to grasp whether or not there is social progress. Lastly, by using the classical depiction of welfare states, the article analyses whether the indexes are in line herewith, and that, therefore, they might be used as an instrument for steering societies in the direction of a good society
Depiction · Economic growth · Economics · GRASP · Gross domestic product · Happiness · Measure (data warehouse · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Relation (database · Welfare · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
Inovação e Desenvolvimento
Is social justice the superior economic growth model? Comparative analysis on G20 countries
Political theory in social progress indices
The Strong 'Dual-Necessity’ principle for ranking social progress
How Much Is Too Much? The Influence of Work Hours on Social Development
The pursuit of welfare efficiency
The digital economy and the future of European welfare states
Your position in society matters for how happy you are
Life Satisfaction and Job Insecurity
The Relationship Between Perceptions of Social Service Quality and Subjective Well‐Being
Behavioural knowledge for policy design
Is social cohesion decisive for energy cooperatives existence? A quantitative analysis
Social insurance and allied services
Well-Being for Public Policy
The Science of Well-Being
OECD Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being
Happier together. Social cohesion and subjective well‐being in Europe
Inequality and happiness
Happiness, satisfaction and socio-economic conditions
Whistle While You Work
Healthy happiness
Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment
Social Capital and Individual Happiness in Europe
What Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research?
Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all?
The Origins of Happiness
Non-work at work
Beyond GDP
Social Indicators
The Macroeconomics of Happiness
Adaptation and the Measurement of Well-being
Gross National Happiness
Employment insecurity and life satisfaction
Gross national happiness as an answer to the Easterlin Paradox
Quality of Life Indexes for National Policy
Critiquing capabilities
Introduction to the Beveridge Report
Happiness and Public Policy
What is the relationship between long working hours, over-employment, under-employment and the subjective well-being of workers? Longitudinal evidence from the UK
Scarring
Happiness and Economic Performance
Income and Happiness
Unhappiness and Unemployment
Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe
Subjective well-being
Personal Values as Mitigating Factors in the Link Between Income and Life Satisfaction
Composite Indicator of Social Inclusion for European Countries
Indicators and Targets for Social Inclusion in the European Union
Assessing Well-Being
Assessing the Welfare State
Long-term disability is associated with lasting changes in subjective well-being
Relative Income, Happiness, and Utility
The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect
Subjective well-being
Dimensions of welfare in a Comparative Scandinavian Study
Addressing the Social Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing
Measuring Subjective Wellbeing
Is happiness relative
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |