Subjective well-being and subjective aspects of well-being: methodology and theory

Filomena Maggino ()
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Filomena Maggino: Professor of Statistics for Social Research, Dept. of Statistics, Computer Sciences, Applications ‘‘G. Parenti’’ (DiSIA), Universita` degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)

Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2015, vol. 123, issue 1, 89-121

Abstract: The necessity to consider the individual perspective, completely ignored by the traditional GDP approach, in measuring countries’ well-being is broadly urged and accepted (Stiglitz et al., 2009). Many point out that the most important dimension of the individual perspective is represented by the subjective perception, defined in terms of subjective well-being, which should play an important role in the policy making process. The idea that observing subjective well-being has a high informative and analytic value is widely acquired. Perceptions and evaluations influence the way persons face life and benefit from opportunities. However, focusing on the individual perspective is affected by some risk. This contribution aims at exploring the conceptual issues related to those risks, which refer to some dualisms around well-being (subjective vs. objective, happiness vs. subjective experience, individual vs. community, present vs. future).

Keywords: Subjective well-being; Subjective aspects of well-being; Well-being of nations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I3 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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