Index of Economic Well-being

Introduction and Methodology

The Index for Canada and the Provinces

The Index for OECD Countries

Articles on the Index of Economic Well-being

Weighting tool for Canada, its provinces, and OECD Countries

Academic Articles on the Index of Economic Well-being

2016

“A Tepid Recovery: The Index of Economic Well-Being for Canada and the Provinces, 1981-2014”

  • Jasmin Thomas (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
  • James Uguccioni (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    CSLS Research Report 2016-05.

    “Equality and Economic Security Take a Hit: The Index of Economic Well-Being for Selected OECD Countries, 1980-2014”

  • Jasmin Thomas (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
  • James Uguccioni (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    CSLS Research Report 2016-06.

    2011

    "Moving from a GDP-Based to a Well-being Based Metric of Economic Performance and Social Progress: Results from the Index of Economic Well-Being for OECD Countries, 1980-2009"
    Appendix Tables

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    CSLS Research Report 2011-12.

    "Beyond GDP: Measuring Economic Wellbeing in Canada and the Provinces, 1981-2010"
    Appendix Tables

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    CSLS Research Report 2011-11.

    2009

    "New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Canada and the Provinces, 1981-2008"
    Appendix Tables

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    CSLS Research Report 2009-10.

    "New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Selected OECD Countries, 1980-2007"
    Appendix Tables

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    CSLS Research Report 2009-11.

    "Measuring Economic Security in Insecure Times: New Perspectives, New Events, and the Index of Economic Well-being"

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
    CSLS Research Report 2009-12.

    2008

    "Economic Security in Nova Scotia"

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    CSLS Research Report 2008-05.

    2006

    "Changing Trends in Economic Well-being in OECD countries: What Measure Is Most Relevant for Health"

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Published in in Healthier Societies: From Analysis to Action, edited by Jody Heymann, Clyde Hertzman, Morris Barer and Robert Evans (New York: Oxford University Press).

    "Nouvelles estimations de l'indice de bien-être économique pour un choix de pays de l'OCDE."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Published in Comptabilité Nationale: Valeur de l'enterprise, mesure des performances économiques et sociales, Paul Champsaur and Pierre-Yves Hénin, eds. (Paris: Economica.)

    2005

    "How Should We Measure the ‘Economic’ Aspects of Well-being?"

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 51, No. 2, June, pp. 311-336.

    2004

    "Trends in Economic Well-being in Canada and the United States,"

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Published in What Has Happened To The Quality Of Life In The Advanced Industrialized Nations? Ed Wolff, ed. (Edgar Elgar in association with the Levy Economics Institute).

    "De la bonne analyse des politiques publiques: le role de l’indice du bien-être économique,"

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Groupe de prospective du Senate, Paris, France.

    2003

    "Methodological Choices Encountered in the Construction of Composite Indicators."

  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
  • Julia Salzman (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Presented to the annual meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, May.

    "An Index of Labour Market Well-being for OECD Countries."
    French version.
    Tables, Appendix Tables, and Charts

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    CSLS Research Report 2003-05.

    "Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe répondent aux discutants."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Travail et Emploi, No. 93, janvier, pp. 108-111.

    2002

    "An Index of Economic Well-being for Selected OECD Countries."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 48, No. 3, September, pp. 291-316.

    "The Index of Economic Well-being."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Indicators: The Journal of Social Health, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring, pp. 24-62.

    "International Comparisons of Trends in Economic Well-being."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Social Indicators Research Vol. 58, pp. 349-382.

    "Evaluer l’Indice du bien-être économique dans les pays de l’OCDE."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Travail et Emploi, No. 93, janvier, pp. 75-97.

    2001

    "Comparisons of Trends in Gross Domestic Product and Economic Well-being -- The Impact of Social Capital."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Published in The Contribution of Human and Social Capital to Sustained Economic Growth and Well-Being: International Symposium Report, edited by John Helliwell with the assistance of Aneta Bonikowska. OECD and Human Resources Development Canada.

    "Trends in Economic Well-being in Canada in the 1990s."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Pubished in Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress: The Longest Decade: Canada in the 1990s, edited by Keith Banting, Andrew Sharpe and France St-Hilaire (Montreal: Institute for Research in Public Policy and Ottawa: Centre for the Study of Living Standards.)

    1998

    "An Index of Economic Well-being for Canada"

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
  • Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
    Research Report, Applied Research Branch, Human Resources Development Canada, December.

    1985

    "The Measurement on Economic Well-being."

  • Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
    Pubished in Approaches to Economic Well-being, Vol. 36, MacDonald Commission. David Laidler, ed. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press.)
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