Human Well-Being Concept and Measurement

This volume provides insights into how human well-being might be better conceptualized and measured.

MARK MCGILLIVRAY is Senior Research Fellow and Director of the WIDER Measuring Human Well-being project at UNU-WIDER, Finland.

Human Well-being: Issues, Concepts, and Measures--M.McGillivray * Human Well-being: Concepts and Conceptualizations--D.Gasper * Income-Based Measures of Average Well-being--S.Dowrick * Social and Political Indicators of Human Well-Being--S.Harkness * Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future: M.McGillivray & F.Noorbakhsh * Indicators of Inequality and Poverty--S.Subramanian * Gender-related Indicators of Well-being--S.Klasen * Sustainability and Well-being Indicators--E.Neumayer * Subjective Measures of Well-being--R.Veenhoven * Participatory Approaches and the Measurement of Human Well-being--S.White & J.Pettit Human Well-being: Issues, Concepts, and Measures--M.McGillivray * Human Well-being: Concepts and Conceptualizations--D.Gasper * Income-Based Measures of Average Well-being--S.Dowrick * Social and Political Indicators of Human Well-Being--S.Harkness * Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future: M.McGillivray & F.Noorbakhsh * Indicators of Inequality and Poverty--S.Subramanian * Gender-related Indicators of Well-being--S.Klasen * Sustainability and Well-being Indicators--E.Neumayer * Subjective Measures of Well-being--R.Veenhoven * Participatory Approaches and the Measurement of Human Well-being--S.White & J.Pettit