Measuring subjective well-being for public policy

By Paul Dolan, R. Layard, Robert Metcalfe. 2011

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Resilience isn't the same for all: Comparing subjective and objective approaches to resilience measurement (2018, background): “Here again, much can be drawn from related literatures on subjective well-being and risk perception (Dolan et al., 2011; OECD, 2013).”
World happiness report (2012, methodology): “See also Dolan et al. (2008). 5 Layard et al. (2008). This implies no level of income at which people become satiated. Kahneman & Deaton (2010) have examined this question in the U.S. for a given year. Holding constant the incomes of other people, individual life-evaluation has no point of satiation”
The relationship between innovation and subjective wellbeing (2012, background): “Given the recommendations by Dolan et al. (2011) and Dolan and Metcalfe (2012) on the measures of SWB that can be collected by governments, the ONS will now have include four measures of SWB in its HIS, which includes the UK labour force survey.”
From emotional and psychological well-being to character education: challenging policy discourses of behavioural science and ‘vulnerability’ (2012, background): “…aims to develop a checklist of psychological effects that consciously and unconsciously influence our behaviour as a basis for finding better ways to change individual conduct in anti-social behaviour, prosocial behaviour and healthy and prosperous lifestyles (e.g. Dolan et al. 2011; op. cit.).”
Clarifying the Concept of Well-Being: Psychological Need Satisfaction as the Common Core Connecting Eudaimonic and Subjective Well-Being (2019, background): “…psychology (Delle Fave, 2016), mental health (Steptoe, Deaton, & Stone, 2015; Tennant et al., 2007), economics (Clark, 2016), economic policy (Dolan et al., 2011; National Research Council, 2013; OECD, 2013), and developmental studies (Graham & Nikolova, 2015) have advocated for examining…”
Is it Pleasure or Health from Leisure that We Benefit from Most? An Analysis of Well-Being Alternatives and Implications for Policy (2016, background): “…Gross Domestic Product, but should reflect broader concerns with wellbeing and hence the overall quality of life This has culminated in clear UK political desire to measure well-being (Dolan et al., 2011), building upon arguments that have long been made in the UK (See, for example, Oswald, 1997).”