The study of international well-being and its distribution remains focused on income. This paper addresses … multidimensional well-being from a capabilities perspective during the last one-and-a-half centuries. Relative inequality (population … terms but widening in absolute terms. Countries in the middle and lower deciles of the world distribution achieved the …

Proposed alternatives to GDP as a measure of social welfare or human progress are briefly evaluated. Four main … categories are considered, namely ISEW and GPI based on corrections of GDP, sustainable or green(ed) GDP, genuine savings … represent a considerable improvement over GDP information in approximating social welfare. This gives support to the idea that …

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 …

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 citizens …

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 citizens …