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No. 14 | 24 Apr 2023 |
Well-being in Finland
Drawing on the OECD Well-being Framework, this paper outlines the state of well-being outcomes in Finland and identifies strengths, weaknesses and trends compared to other OECD countries. Overall, Finland is an established international leader in... |
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No. 7 | 23 Aug 2022 |
Well-being analytics for policy use
This paper first identifies Slovenia’s main well-being challenges, namely to boost productivity and increase performance on economic indicators without compromising its low levels of inequalities in wealth and income, and to strive for better human... |
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No. 05 | 24 Jun 2022 |
Well-being analytics for policy use
The present paper presents methodologies to forecast and conduct policy analysis for three well-being indicators with the goal of informing the Italian government’s budget planning process. For each of the three indicators (healthy life expectancy,... |
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No. 15 | 08 Jun 2023 |
Valuing business impacts in the areas of wage inequality and employee well-being
This working paper proposes a methodology to monetise five aspects of employee well-being (wage inequality, being employed, excess working hours, relationships with management and job security) using theoretical and empirical frameworks drawn from... |
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No. 18 | 03 Oct 2023 |
The uneven impact of high inflation
Inflation indices – such as the national Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and the EU Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) – measure price changes for the overall economy, which may not reflect the inflation experience of an individual household... |
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No. 26 | 12 Jun 2024 |
The state and effects of discrimination in the European Union
Despite European Union efforts to fight discrimination as part of its Union of Equality strategies, it is difficult to analyse discrimination in EU Member States given the scarcity of official data sources. This paper uses new survey data to examine... |
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No. 04 | 31 Jan 2022 |
The relationship between quality of the working environment, workers’ health and well-being
This paper operationalises the OECD Guidelines for Measuring the Quality of the Working Environment (OECD, 2017) to describe job characteristics among European countries, the United States and Korea in 2010 and 2015. The analysis extends the range of... |
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No. 9 | 25 Nov 2022 |
The economic costs of childhood socio-economic disadvantage in European OECD countries
Growing up in socio-economic disadvantage has important and long-lasting effects on children’s lives. Children from disadvantaged households often fall behind in many areas of well-being and development, with effects that continue to limit their... |
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No. 25 | 24 May 2024 |
The economic cost of childhood socio-economic disadvantage in Canada
While child poverty has decreased significantly in recent years due to increased support for families with children, measures to assist socio-economically disadvantaged children only partially address their challenges. To enhance equality of... |
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No. 21 | 29 Mar 2024 |
The art of living well
This paper first presents a meta-analysis of the causal impact of cultural participation on well-being. The meta-analysis classifies the literature according to the strength of the evidence available and various types of cultural activities.... |
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No. 17 | 08 Sept 2023 |
Subjective well-being measurement
In the ten years since the OECD published its 2013 Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being, the inclusion of evaluative, affective and eudaimonic indicators in national measurement frameworks and household surveys has grown. Country practice... |
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No. 06 | 04 Jul 2022 |
Starting unequal
Childhood is a crucial period in life. The things that we learn, do, and experience in childhood play a critical role in shaping who we are and who we become, and can leave lasting impressions on our lives for years to come. However, not all children... |
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No. 20 | 25 Jan 2024 |
Parental emotional support and adolescent well-being
Parental emotional support, alongside material and temporal support, is an important determinant of children's subjective well-being and academic success. However, not all children benefit from the same level of parental support, and there are major... |
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No. 27 | 28 Jun 2024 |
Nowcasting subjective well-being with Google Trends
This paper applies Machine learning techniques to Google Trends data to provide real-time estimates of national average subjective well-being among 38 OECD countries since 2010. We make extensive usage of large custom micro databases to enhance the... |
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No. 12 | 21 Feb 2023 |
Nowcasting and provisional estimates of income inequality using microsimulation techniques
This paper examines the growing use by statistical offices of nowcasting techniques based on microsimulation models to produce more timely provisional estimates, and examines the advantages and challenges associated with these techniques. |
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No. 22 | 02 Apr 2024 |
Measuring well-being “beyond GDP” in Asia, South-East Asia and Korea
Existing well-being measurement initiatives in the region, such as the Quality of Life Indicators in Korea, Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index and Quality of Life Index in the Philippines, shed some insight on dimensions that should be... |
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No. 01 | 16 Nov 2021 |
Measuring transboundary impacts in the 2030 Agenda
This paper explores the conceptual framing and measurement of transboundary impacts in the context of the 2030 Agenda. It starts by defining transboundary impacts and reviewing different measurement approaches used so far. It then proposes a typology... |
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No. 03 | 27 Jan 2022 |
Measuring the non-financial performance of firms through the lens of the OECD Well-being Framework
This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding the non-financial performance of firms through the lens of the OECD Well-being Framework. Building on existing approaches for measuring non-financial performance, it proposes a measurement... |
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No. 11 | 25 Jan 2023 |
Measuring the joint distribution of household income, consumption and wealth at the micro level
This paper provides an overview of the work of the Expert Group on the Joint Distribution of Income, Consumption and Wealth at Micro Level (EG ICW) set up by Eurostat and the OECD. It discusses the challenges of producing joint income, consumption... |
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No. 28 | 04 Sept 2024 |
Measuring social connectedness in OECD countries
Social connections refer to the ways that people interact with and relate to one another. Their role in shaping well-being is increasingly recognised by government, alongside an understanding of the role public policy plays in creating the structures... |
OECD Papers on Well-being and Inequalities
This series features working papers on the measurement agenda for well-being, inclusion, sustainability and equal opportunity as well as papers seeking to deepen the understanding of the drivers of these issues, the ways in which they interact and how they evolve. These papers are prepared by OECD staff, external experts or by outside consultants working on OECD projects.
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- ISSN: 27098168 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/4ca48f7c-en
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Well-being in Finland
Lara Fleischer and Liva Stokenberga
24 Apr 2023
Drawing on the OECD Well-being Framework, this paper outlines the state of well-being outcomes in Finland and identifies strengths, weaknesses and trends compared to other OECD countries. Overall, Finland is an established international leader in...
Well-being analytics for policy use
Fabrice Murtin, Vincent Siegerink, Lara Fleischer, Julien Bonnet and Balázs Égert
23 Aug 2022
This paper first identifies Slovenia’s main well-being challenges, namely to boost productivity and increase performance on economic indicators without compromising its low levels of inequalities in wealth and income, and to strive for better human...
Well-being analytics for policy use
Fabrice Murtin, Vincent Siegerink, Julien Bonnet and Francesco Savazzi
24 Jun 2022
The present paper presents methodologies to forecast and conduct policy analysis for three well-being indicators with the goal of informing the Italian government’s budget planning process. For each of the three indicators (healthy life expectancy,...
Valuing business impacts in the areas of wage inequality and employee well-being
Fabrice Murtin and Vincent Siegerink
08 Jun 2023
This working paper proposes a methodology to monetise five aspects of employee well-being (wage inequality, being employed, excess working hours, relationships with management and job security) using theoretical and empirical frameworks drawn from...
The uneven impact of high inflation
Jakub Caisl, Luiz Hermida, Horacio Levy and Bálint Menyhért
03 Oct 2023
Inflation indices – such as the national Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and the EU Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) – measure price changes for the overall economy, which may not reflect the inflation experience of an individual household...
The state and effects of discrimination in the European Union
Suzana Hardy and Tom Schraepen
12 Jun 2024
Despite European Union efforts to fight discrimination as part of its Union of Equality strategies, it is difficult to analyse discrimination in EU Member States given the scarcity of official data sources. This paper uses new survey data to examine...
The relationship between quality of the working environment, workers’ health and well-being
Fabrice Murtin, Benoît Arnaud, Christine Le Thi and Agnès Parent-Thirion
31 Jan 2022
This paper operationalises the OECD Guidelines for Measuring the Quality of the Working Environment (OECD, 2017) to describe job characteristics among European countries, the United States and Korea in 2010 and 2015. The analysis extends the range of...
The economic costs of childhood socio-economic disadvantage in European OECD countries
Chris Clarke, Julien Bonnet, Manuel Flores and Olivier Thévenon
25 Nov 2022
Growing up in socio-economic disadvantage has important and long-lasting effects on children’s lives. Children from disadvantaged households often fall behind in many areas of well-being and development, with effects that continue to limit their...
The economic cost of childhood socio-economic disadvantage in Canada
Olivier Thévenon, Chris Clarke and Gaëlle Simard-Duplain
24 May 2024
While child poverty has decreased significantly in recent years due to increased support for families with children, measures to assist socio-economically disadvantaged children only partially address their challenges. To enhance equality of...
The art of living well
Fabrice Murtin
29 Mar 2024
This paper first presents a meta-analysis of the causal impact of cultural participation on well-being. The meta-analysis classifies the literature according to the strength of the evidence available and various types of cultural activities....
Subjective well-being measurement
Jessica Mahoney
08 Sept 2023
In the ten years since the OECD published its 2013 Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being, the inclusion of evaluative, affective and eudaimonic indicators in national measurement frameworks and household surveys has grown. Country practice...
Starting unequal
Chris Clarke and Olivier Thévenon
04 Jul 2022
Childhood is a crucial period in life. The things that we learn, do, and experience in childhood play a critical role in shaping who we are and who we become, and can leave lasting impressions on our lives for years to come. However, not all children...
Parental emotional support and adolescent well-being
Lawrence M. Berger, Lidia Panico, Alexandra Sheridan and Olivier Thévenon
25 Jan 2024
Parental emotional support, alongside material and temporal support, is an important determinant of children's subjective well-being and academic success. However, not all children benefit from the same level of parental support, and there are major...
Nowcasting subjective well-being with Google Trends
Fabrice Murtin and Max Salomon-Ermel
28 Jun 2024
This paper applies Machine learning techniques to Google Trends data to provide real-time estimates of national average subjective well-being among 38 OECD countries since 2010. We make extensive usage of large custom micro databases to enhance the...
Nowcasting and provisional estimates of income inequality using microsimulation techniques
Horacio Levy
21 Feb 2023
This paper examines the growing use by statistical offices of nowcasting techniques based on microsimulation models to produce more timely provisional estimates, and examines the advantages and challenges associated with these techniques.
Measuring well-being “beyond GDP” in Asia, South-East Asia and Korea
Jihye Lee and Elena Tosetto
02 Apr 2024
Existing well-being measurement initiatives in the region, such as the Quality of Life Indicators in Korea, Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index and Quality of Life Index in the Philippines, shed some insight on dimensions that should be...
Measuring transboundary impacts in the 2030 Agenda
Junya Ino, Fabrice Murtin and Michal Shinwell
16 Nov 2021
This paper explores the conceptual framing and measurement of transboundary impacts in the context of the 2030 Agenda. It starts by defining transboundary impacts and reviewing different measurement approaches used so far. It then proposes a typology...
Measuring the non-financial performance of firms through the lens of the OECD Well-being Framework
Vincent Siegerink, Michal Shinwell and Žiga Žarnic
27 Jan 2022
This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding the non-financial performance of firms through the lens of the OECD Well-being Framework. Building on existing approaches for measuring non-financial performance, it proposes a measurement...
Measuring the joint distribution of household income, consumption and wealth at the micro level
Carlotta Balestra and Friderike Oehler
25 Jan 2023
This paper provides an overview of the work of the Expert Group on the Joint Distribution of Income, Consumption and Wealth at Micro Level (EG ICW) set up by Eurostat and the OECD. It discusses the challenges of producing joint income, consumption...
Measuring social connectedness in OECD countries
Jessica Mahoney, Lara Fleischer, Gaia Bottura and Katherine Scrivens
04 Sept 2024
Social connections refer to the ways that people interact with and relate to one another. Their role in shaping well-being is increasingly recognised by government, alongside an understanding of the role public policy plays in creating the structures...