This paper develops a framework to measure well-being standards in OECD regions specialised in mining activities. It explores the relevant indicators to measure well-being for selected OECD mining regions across the three dimensions of wellbeing: economic, social and environmental, and compare...

The Regional well-being dataset presents nine dimensions central for well-being at local level and for OECD regions, covering material conditions (jobs and housing) and quality of life (education, health, environment, safety and access to services). The set of indicators selected to measure...

The Regional well-being dataset presents nine dimensions central for well-being at local level and for OECD regions, covering material conditions (jobs and housing) and quality of life (education, health, environment, safety and access to services). The set of indicators selected to measure...

The Regional well-being dataset presents nine dimensions central for well-being at local level and for OECD regions, covering material conditions (jobs and housing) and quality of life (education, health, environment, safety and access to services). The set of indicators selected to measure...

Schools are not only places where students acquire academic skills; they are also social environments where children can develop the social and emotional competencies that they need to thrive. Yet despite the global interest in students’ well-being, there is no consensus on which policies or...

COVID-19 and Well-being: Life in the Pandemic explores the immediate implications of the pandemic for people’s lives and livelihoods in OECD countries. The report charts the course of well-being – from jobs and incomes through to social connections, health, work-life balance, safety and more...

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines not just what students know in science, reading and mathematics, but what they can do with what they know. Results from PISA show educators and policy makers the quality and equity of learning outcomes achieved elsewhere,...

With 25 years of sluggish economic growth, Japan’s per capita income has fallen from a level matching the average of the top half of OECD countries in the early 1990s to 14% below that today. Weak growth, together with rapid population ageing, has driven public debt into uncharted territory....

Sweden has a remarkable track record in sustaining a high level of well-being of its citizens. The country performs above the OECD average in all dimensions of the OECD’s Better Life Index, and these good outcomes are typically shared widely across the population. Sweden is one of the leading...