Well-Being for Public Policy

Section I: Measuring well-being for public policy ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Defining well-being ; Section II: How well-being adds information ; 3. Limitations of economic and social indicators ; 4. Contributions of well-being measures ; 5. The well-being measures are valid ; 6. Issues regarding using well-being for policy ; 7. The Desirability of well-being as a guide for policy ; Section III: Examples of policy uses of well-being measures ; 8. Health and well-being: Policy examples ; 9. The environment and well-being: Policy examples ; 10. Work, the economy, and well-being: Policy examples ; 11. The social context of well-being: Policy examples ; Section IV: Implementing the measures ; 12. Existing surveys ; 13. Conclusions ; References ; Index