New Frontiers in Subjective Well-being Measurement

In the ten years since the OECD published its official Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being, the inclusion of evaluative, affective and eudaimonic indicators of well-being in national measurement frameworks and household surveys has grown. A recent stock-take of current official data collection efforts across OECD member states reveals that life satisfaction data are largely harmonised, however measurement practice around affect and eudaimonia remain less standardised, and infrequent. To fill these needs, and address identified gaps in international guidance, over the next two years the OECD Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) will be developing a new and expanded version of the Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being. To kick-off this effort and shape the policy and measurement agenda, WISE held a public hybrid conference on subjective well-being measurement, convening official data producers, policy makers and researchers to discuss topics for future OECD measurement recommendations.

Download the agenda including links to presentations here.