Well-Being, Quality of Governance, and Employment Policies: International Perspectives

Iulia Monica Oehler-Șincai
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Forum for Social Economics, 2023, vol. 52, issue 4, 354-372

Abstract: Looking beyond the traditional national accounts and household-income-labour dynamics, this paper examines well-being from a conceptual and practical perspective. It builds upon the literature review and indicators including the Better Life Index, the Human Development Index, the Healthiest Countries Index, and the Happiness Index. Education, knowledge, skills, health, safety, and good employment are central drivers of well-being and life satisfaction. Job satisfaction is strongly correlated with health, family fulfilment, social relationships, good citizenship, job quality, and productivity at work. Quality of governance and appropriate employment policies positively influence job satisfaction and therefore other key determinants of well-being. Vice-versa, well-being measures represent valuable inputs for various policies and, besides, well-being positively influences health, longevity, and productivity. Given all these, the present paper has the following key objectives: (1) to synthesize the main dimensions of well-being, both from the subjective and objective standpoints; (2) to underline specific relationships between well-being, quality of governance, and employment policies; (3) to describe the performance of various countries in terms of well-being indexes; (4) to underscore current risks that jeopardize well-being.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/07360932.2023.2189078

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