Demography and well-being

Demography studies the characteristics of populations. One such characteristic is well-being: this was the subject of the 2019Wittgenstein Conference. Here, I discuss how objective well-being domains can be summarised to produce an overall well-being score, and how taking self-reported (subjective)...

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Published inVienna yearbook of population research Vol. 19; pp. 23 - 28
Main Author Clark, Andrew E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vienna Austrian Academy of Sciences Press 2021
Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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Demography
Economics and Finance
Humanities and Social Sciences
Well being
Subjective well-being
Measurement
Policy
Demography
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Summary:Demography studies the characteristics of populations. One such characteristic is well-being: this was the subject of the 2019Wittgenstein Conference. Here, I discuss how objective well-being domains can be summarised to produce an overall well-being score, and how taking self-reported (subjective) well-being into account may help in this e ort. But given that there is more than one type of subjective well-being score, we would want to know which one is “best”. We would also need to decide whose well-being counts, or counts more than that of others. Finally, I briefly mention the potential role of adaptation and social comparisons in the calculation of societal well-being.
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ISSN:1728-4414
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DOI:10.1553/populationyearbook2021.deb02