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How was life in 1820, and how has it improved over time? Our view on socio-economicdevelopment since the Industrial Revolution is to a large extent based on the evidenceproduced by historical national accounting in the tradition of Simon Kuznets and Angus Maddison. But trends in gross domestic product (GDP) per head do not fully reflect thevarious dimensions of well-being, such as life expectancy, education, personal security orinequality. Increasingly, measures of current human development are framed in terms ofwell-being rather than in solely economic terms, but can we do the same for the lives ofour ancestors?The report examines 10 individual dimensions of well-being, tracking them over timeand space, then pulls them together in a new composite indicator. The dimensions coveredreflect a broad range of material and non-material aspects of well-being: per capita GDP,real wages, educational attainment, life expectancy, height, personal security, politicalinstitutions, environmental quality, income inequality and gender inequality. Obviously,the data quality will differ across indicators, time and countries. This report presentsthe various historical datasets for each specific dimension of well-being, discusses theirlimitations and indicates where further progress can be made.

Well-being --- Social indicators

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'Seldom is a work of non-fiction so essential to such a wide audience. The concept of well-being has been an elusive dream of humanity for centuries. It is spoken of in national vision statements and the dreams of poets. This book is the most concrete exploration to date of not only what well-being can mean to the individual but also what policy cast in a context of well-being can mean for the private sector as well as the state. As this compilation of the wisdom of global experts in the field details how well-being can be attained in a host of settings, it is compulsory reading for not only c

Well-being --- Well-being --- Government policy. --- Social policy.

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Equality --- Welfare economics --- Well-being --- Social integration

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Arts and society --- Well-being --- Arts and Culture

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Part of the six-volume reference set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume is a comprehensive look at wellbeing in the workplace at organizational, managerial, and individual levels. Discusses the implications of theory and practice in the field of workplace wellbeingIncorporates not only coverage of workplace stress in relation to wellbeing, but also aspects of positive psychologyExplores the role of governments in promoting work place well beingPart of the six-volume set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings to

Industrial hygiene. --- Work environment. --- Quality of work life. --- Well-being.