Descriptions of Inequality: the Swedish Approach to Welfare Research

Robert Erikson

No wp-1989-067, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Already in the 1950s it became clear that, in spite of its widespread use, the per capita gross national product is an insufficient measure of the well-being of citizens. Thus, in 1954, an expert group within the United Nations suggested that one should not rely on monetary measures only - the measurement of well-being should be based upon several different components - together making up the level of living. Partly influenced by the UN expert group, Johansson made level of living, seen as a set of components, the basic concept in the first Swedish level of living survey conducted in 1968.

Keywords: Equality and inequality; Poverty; Welfare economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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