Measuring Well-being and Sustainability in the€¦ · ─Broad interest in regional well-being....
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Dr. Edwin Horlings
Measuring Well-being and Sustainability in the Netherlands: the first Monitor of Well-being
ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement 2019, King’s College London, London 8-10 May 2019
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“Beyond GDP” is not about GDP
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An international measurement framework
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─ Brundtland definition of sustainable development
─ Sen’s capabilities approach
─ report by Stiglitz, Sen, and Fitoussi (2009)
─ welfare functions linking well-being to capital
─ literature on economic, human, natural, social capital
─ literature on the determinants and dimensions of well-being
─ experiences and results of similar initiatives
Theoretical foundations
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Well-being concerns the quality of life here and now as well as the extent to which this quality is achieved at the expense of future generations or of people in other countries
Well-being“Here and
Now”
Well-being“Later”
Well-being“Elsewhere”
quality attributes of individuals, the quality of the environment in which they live, their material welfare and subjective well-being
the resources future generations will need to achieve at least the
same level of well-being
the effects of decisions taken by people in a
country on consumption and
income and on the stock of capital goods
in other countries
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Sex
Age
Educational attainment
Migration background
Distribution of Well-being “Here and Now”
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Policy-relevant themes
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No composite index numberbut a conceptual set of indicators
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Visualisation
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“Beyond GDP” is not about GDP.It is about finding ways to measure well-being
in a reliable, standardised way.
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─ Broad interest in regional well-being. Comparability is crucial.
─ Formal role for the MoW in Parliamentary budget proceedings and public financial accountability.
─ Well-being is becoming a policy target. An independent international standard is crucial.
Need for stronger standards
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The missing
standard
Well-being
ECONOMY
ENVIRON-MENT
SOCIETY
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The missing
standard
Well-being
ECONOMY
ENVIRON-MENT
SOCIETY
?
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Not yet a ‘common language’ for the measurement and international comparison of well-being and sustainability
Implementing the CES framework required development of an additional statistical framework
An international measurement framework
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“Beyond GDP” is not about GDP.It is about finding ways to measure well-being
in a reliable, standardised way.This requires building a community and
developing a common language.
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