Dolan, Paul; Layard, Richard; Metcalfe, Robert - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
The measurement of wellbeing is central to public policy. There are three uses for any measure: 1) monitoring progress; 2) informing policy design; and 3) policy appraisal. There has been increasing interest in the UK and around the world in using measures of subjective wellbeing (SWB) at each...