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Urban Institute

 

(Research Report)

The State of Society: Measuring Economic Success and Human Well-Being [28 May 2010]

Erwin de Leon, Elizabeth T. Boris

http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=412101

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http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412101-state-of-society.pdf

[full-text, 94 pages]

 

Abstract:

This study provides an overview of a broad range of existing measures that go beyond gross domestic product (GDP) to offer a more complete and accurate picture of how a society and its economy are faring. Based on a review of the literature and an analysis of major arguments and rationales for moving beyond GDP as a measure of national well-being, this report identifies 14 categories of national well-being. It synthesizes hundreds of indicators found in 28 reports that present alternative indices and systems of well-being into 79 indicators organized under these categories.

 

Contents

Acknowledgments iv

Summary 1

Limitations of GDP 3

Potential Indicators 8

Categories of Well-Being 9

Conclusions and Recommendations 14

References 17

Appendix A: Reports Assessed in the Study 19

Appendix B: Categories and Indicators of Well-Being from Reports Assessed in the Study 20

Appendix C: Indicators from Surveyed Reports 76

 

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