Why Social Policy Needs Subjective Indicators

By Runt Veenhoven. 2002

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The environmental efficiency of well-being: A cross-national analysis (2011, background): “He further argued that subjective measures of well-being provide a more comprehensive assessment of overall quality of life (Veenhoven, 2002).”
Everyday Understandings of Happiness, Good Life, and Satisfaction: Three Different Facets of Well-being (2017, background): “Over a decade ago Veenhoven (2002) underscored the potential use of subjective indicators of well-being in designing social policy.”
Beyond GDP: Classifying Alternative Measures for Progress (2011, background): “The objective approach can be connected to the tradition of compiling social statistics, while the subjective approach stems from survey research (Veenhoven, 2002).”
Well-being and Mobility: A Theoretical Framework and Literature Review Focusing on Older People (2014, background): “personality traits), social events and ‘whims of the day’ (Veenhoven 2002).”
Examining the Effects of Perceptions of Community and Recreation Participation on Quality of Life (2006, neutral): “, Gross Domestic Product) (Campbell, 1981; Cummins, 1996; Hagerty et al., 2001; Miringoff and Miringoff, 1999; Sirgy, 2002; Sirgy and Cornwell, 2001; Sirgy et al., 2000; Veenhoven, 2002).”
Gender-Job Satisfaction Differences Across Europe: An Indicator for Labor Market Modernization (2007, background): “Hence, the process of planning social policy programmes and other interventions requires the consideration of subjective indicators ( Veenhoven, 2002”
Clarifying the Concept of Well-Being: Psychological Need Satisfaction as the Common Core Connecting Eudaimonic and Subjective Well-Being (2019, background): “…tap into citizen wellness (Diener, Oishi, & Lucas, 2015; Di Tella & MacCulloch, 2006; Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2013; Stiglitz, Sen, & Fitoussi, 2009; Veenhoven, 2002) and to enable a psychological analysis of public policies (Oishi, Kushlev, & Schimmack, 2018).”
Travel and Subjective Well-Being: A Focus on Findings, Methods and Future Research Needs (2013, background): “Therefore, a subjective approach to well-being, using subjective indicators (e.g. satisfaction with income instead of income itself), is gaining increasing attention in well-being studies (e.g. Veenhoven, 2002).”
Spirituality and Subjective Well-Being: Evidences for a New Domain in the Personal Well-Being Index (2009, neutral): “The failures of objective measures of development to fully explain a society’s quality of life have led researchers ( Veenhoven 2000, 2002, 2007 ) to focus in people’s subjective reactions to their world as well as to the domains that compose it. Understanding how people feel and think about their o”
Do subjective indicators measure welfare?: Evidence from 33 European societies (2004, background): “…and subjective indicators and have accumulated a considerable body of research (Campbell et al. 1976; Allardt 1993; Diener et al. 1999; Hagerty et al. 2001; Veenhoven 2002; see also the bibliography and databases in the World Database of Happiness at http://www.eur.nl/fsw/ research/happiness).”
Mapping the Regional Divide in Europe: A Measure for Assessing Quality of Government in 206 European Regions (2014, positive): “We agree with the argument made by Veenhoven (2002) that the foundation of the QoG indicator should be largely subjective (although we include some data collected through direct experience as well).”