Sustainable Society Index for Romania, 2008, Romania. Speaking or thinking about sustainability, often the question will arise: How sustainable is my country? And moreover, is my country developing towards sustainability or is it developing in the opposite direction, meaning is it becoming less sustainable every year? To answer these questions one needs to measure the extent of sustainability of a country. [Edit description] [0 comment]
Posted by Giulia Ranuzzi de Bianchi (OECD) on 2008-07-29 11:54:09
ON APPLYING SYNTHETIC INDICES OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL WELL-BEING, 2008, Andrea Brandolini, Bank of Italy, Department for Structural Economic Analysis, Italy. The multidimensional view of well-being is receiving growing attention, both in
academic research and policy-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to
measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two problems in the use
of synthetic multidimensional indices: the weighting structure of different functionings and the
functional form of the index. These problems are illustrated by comparing inequality and
deprivation in income and health in the four largest countries of the EU: France, Germany,
Italy and the United Kingdom. [Edit description] [0 comment]
Posted by Giulia Ranuzzi de Bianchi (OECD) on 2008-07-23 09:36:53
VALUES, INEQUALITY AND HAPPINESS, 2008, Claudia Biancotti, Giovanni D’Alessio, Bank of Italy, Economic and Financial Statistics Department, Italy. This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the
lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs and inclinations. Drawing upon opinion data from the
European Social Survey for twenty-three countries, we find that individual views on a wide range of themes can be effectively summarized by two orthogonal dimensions: moderation
and inclusiveness. [Edit description] [0 comment]
Posted by Giulia Ranuzzi de Bianchi (OECD) on 2008-07-23 09:34:03
A Tale of Two Communities: Wellbeing in Two Nova Scotia Communities, 2008, Mike Pennock, Martha Pennock, Ron Colman, GPI Atlantic, Canada. This report presents results from the GPI Community Surveys in Glace Bay and Kings County, Nova Scotia Canada. The two communities have markedly different economic structures and histories. The surveys, consequently, provided a unique opportunity to study wellbeing within two unique communiities within the same political jursidiction. The communities were compared and contrasted with respect to life satisfaction, happiness, values, health, social capital and ecological perspectives. [Edit description] [0 comment]
Posted by Michael Pennock (Vancouver Island Health Authority) on 2008-07-23 09:19:35
Posted by Lynda Hawe (oecd) on 2008-07-17 14:56:57
Genuine Progress Indicator, 2008, United States. We believe that if policymakers measure what really matters to people—health care, safety, a clean environment, and other indicators of well-being—economic policy would naturally shift towards sustainability.
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Measuring and Fostering the
the Progress of Societies:
A Global Initiative
This short movie (12 minutes) describes the Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies". It was made during the second OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy" held on 27-30 June 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey.
