A Survey of Indicators of Economic and Social Well-being

Andrew Sharpe

No 1999-cprn, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: In recent years, interest in aggregate or composite indicators of economic and social well-being at the community, national and international levels has grown greatly. For example, the release each year of the United Nations’ Human Development Index generates considerable media interest, particularly in Canada. Equally, the Genuine Progress Index produced by the think tank Redefining Progress has become very well known in a short period of time, and is referred to often in debates on the inadequacies of GDP as a welfare measure. Many communities in Canada and in the United States have attempted to develop social indicators to monitor trends in the welfare of their citizens.

Keywords: social indicators; well-being indexes; Genuine Progress Indicator; Index of Economic Well-Being; Human Development Index; composite indicators; quality of life; living standards measurement; provincial indicators; community indicators; Canada; OECD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-07
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