globalized world where international transfers of capital and property rights can have enormous effects on GDP, such as the 26 …In March 2020, the International Comparison Project published its latest results, for the calendar year 2017. This … inequality, even as it increases inequality within countries. We emphasize things that GDP cannot do, some familiar--like its …

most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …- being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their …

endogenous variables. However, when one examines the three 'global' wellbeing metrics - happiness, life satisfaction and Cantril …-country surveys from 167 countries across the world, two US surveys covering multiple years and a survey for Canada. We find women … varies little over time. The difference does not seem to arise from measurement or seasonality as the variables are taken …

Happiness Report from the Gallup World Poll shifted much in response to negative shocks. The HDI has been rising in the last …' expectations of the economy and the labor market. Neither the UN's Human Development Index (HDI) nor data used in the World …, although it fell slightly after 2020 as life expectancy dipped. This secular improvement is mirrored in life satisfaction which …

GDP growth is often measured poorly for countries and rarely measured at all for cities or subnational regions. We … growth to augment existing income growth measures, under the assumption that measurement error in using observed light as an … indicator of income is uncorrelated with measurement error in national income accounts. For countries with good national income …

"In this paper we propose a new approach to international comparisons of real GDP measured from the output-side. The … traditional Geary-Khamis system to measure real GDP from the expenditure-side is modified to include differences in the terms of … that differences between real GDP measured from the expenditure and output-side can be substantial, especially for small …

In this paper we propose a new approach to international comparisons of real GDP measured from the output-side. The … traditional Geary-Khamis system to measure real GDP from the expenditure-side is modified to include differences in the terms of … that differences between real GDP measured from the expenditure and output-side can be substantial, especially for small …