How can we assess the welfare of a society, its evolution over time and predict its change due to particular policy interventions? One way is to use survey-based welfare indicators such as the OECD Better Life Index. It invites people to weight a variety of quality of life indicators according...

How can we assess the welfare of a society, its evolution over time and predict its change due to particular policy interventions? One way is to use survey-based welfare indicators such as the OECD Better Life Index. It invites people to weight a variety of quality of life indicators according...

Um die soziale Wohlfahrt anhand verschiedener Indikatoren, die das Wohlbefinden der Menschen beeinflussen, zu messen, muss man klären, wie wichtig uns die einzelnen Indikatoren sind, d.h. mit welchem Gewicht sie in die Wohlfahrtsfunktion eingehen sollten. Die OECD lädt mit dem Better Life...