The state of society: Measuring economic success and human well-being

Leon, Erwin de; Boris, Elizabeth T.

doi:10.1037/e725342011-001

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“…A variety of conceptual and measurement approaches and also reporting schemes have been utilized. There is not a standard, crossdisciplinary definition and measurement system for social health (Andrews and Withey 1976;McDowell and Newell 1987;Keyes 1998;Opdycke and Miringoff 2008;Allin 2007;De Leon and Boris 2010;Estes 1997Estes , 2010. Definitions tend to vary according to research interests and objectives.…”

Section: Social Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 97%

Monitoring Social Well-Being in Iran

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The main aim of this study was to design a system for measuring and monitoring social well-being in Iran, utilizing a conceptual model and choosing contextually specific domains and indicators. A number of different approaches in defining and measuring social well-being exist. Some of these measuring systems use a descriptive approach and employ sets of indicators, which cover topics of concern but lack any explicit theoretical basis. To better capture the specific societal context of social well-being within Iran, we constructed a compound model from multiple pre-existing conceptual models, allowing us to group indicators and show relationships among contextually relevant areas and domains. Our framework proposes that there are societal and individual-level determinants that affect social health in a society and that social health has outcomes and impacts. To measure social health, variables of social integration, social contribution, social coherence, social actualization, social acceptance, social support, and social functioning are considered. The outcomes and impacts are to be measured and monitored by 37 variables. In many countries, social well-being measurements have been conducted on a regular basis for decades. Some of these systems of social health focus on individual (micro) measures, some on societal (macro) measures, and many on both. In this research, both individual level and societal level well-being measures were selected after being deemed contextually important for Iran. This system of social well-being measurement is to be used as a descriptive and monitoring tool but could potentially be utilized in goal setting, outcomebased accountability, and evaluations in order to promote social well-being and social policy research in Iran.

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Section: Social Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 97%

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“…Critics say that statistics such as Gross National Product have driven decision-making for too long and that such economic-driven statistics do not reflect real human progress. The movement can be seen as part of a move to define human success and/or human or social progress in terms other than money (Leon and Boris 2010). In recent years many terms like ''Quality of Life'', ''Happiness'', ''Life Satisfaction'', etc.…”

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Data-Based Child Advocacy

O’Hare

2014

SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research

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“…20 economists, including experts on the value of care work in both the paid and unpaid economic sectors and scholars specializing in the return on investment from high quality early childhood education, discussed the development of Social Wealth indicators and their inclusion in the new US Key National Indicators System authorized by Congress as well as in other national accounts (de Leon, 2012). These are small steps toward a new way of thinking about business and economics that can help us meet the unprecedented challenges our world faces today.…”

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“…Nonetheless, even most indicators currently being developed as alternatives or supplements to GDP still fail to include this kind of information. A recent survey by the Urban Institute of a cross-section of such indicators, The State of Society: Measuring Economic Success and Human Well-Being, found that most of these "alternative" indicators still fail to give adequate visibility and value to the work of caring for people or the contributions of women (de Leon and Boris, 2010).…”

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Economics and business as if caring matters: investing in our future

Eisler¹

2013

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

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Purpose -In this time of disequilibrium, old approaches are not capable of meeting our growing challenges. In addition to worrying about customers, employees, products, and services, managers and business owners have to consider matters such as globalization, the environment, instant communications, and technologies once only imagined in science fiction. Not surprisingly, there is a growing perception that we need new ways of thinking about business, economics, and society. The aim of this paper is to address this urgent matter. Design/methodology/approach -This paper addresses this urgent matter through the lens of an underlying theme of this issue: "care is worthy of investment, policy, and practice because it delivers both measurable results and a more humane world". Findings -Offering a perspective that goes beyond the capitalism vs socialism debate, it shows that the failure to recognize the economic value of the work of caring and caregiving has been a major obstacle to more equitable and sustainable ways of living and making a living. Practical implications -It proposes measures of economic health that take into account the value of care, as well as the large, still generally ignored, contributions of women, who do most of the care work in both market and nonmarket economic sectors. Social implications -It places economic valuations in their social context from the perspective of two new social categories: the partnership system and the domination system, revealing the imbalanced gendered values inherent in the latter. Originality/value -It shows the financial value of caring and proposes economic inventionseconomic measurements, policies, and practices -that support caring for people, starting in early childhood, as well as caring for our natural environment.

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The state of society: Measuring economic success and human well-being

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Monitoring Social Well-Being in Iran

Monitoring Social Well-Being in Iran

Data-Based Child Advocacy

Economics and business as if caring matters: investing in our future

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