Progress in measuring subjective well-being

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 346; no. 6205; pp. 42 - 44
• Main Authors: Krueger, Alan B., Stone, Arthur A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington American Association for the Advancement of Science 03.10.2014; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Decisions; Domestic; Governments; Happiness; Indicators; Measurement; Organizations; PERSPECTIVES; Policies; Psychological factors; Research methodology; Statistics

Moving toward national indicators and policy evaluations Progress in science requires new tools for measuring phenomena previously believed unmeasurable, as well as conceptual frameworks for interpreting such measurements. There has been much progress on both fronts in the measurement of subjective...