future concerns. Subjective well-being is the single most important, but necessarily not the only, indicator of progress …. This entry also briefly discusses: recent history of well-being measurement; what makes people better off in theory; the …

Sen’s influential work on human development has led economists to explore new areas that have become increasingly … framework that uses fuzzy-set theory to measure human well-being in consistence with Sen’s Capability Approach. The results … indicate that the UNDP's Human Development Index and human well-being, as measured using fuzzy sets, yield different country …