Perceived Capabilities as an Aggregated Indicator for Well-Being

被引:0
作者
Luc Van Ootegem
Elsy Verhofstadt
机构
[1] Ghent University,Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Sherppa
[2] Research Institute for Work and Society,undefined
来源
Applied Research in Quality of Life | 2015年 / 10卷
关键词
Well-being; Capabilities; Satisfaction; Life domains; Personality traits;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
学科分类号
摘要
Much of the applied research on quality of life uses information on life satisfaction (or happiness) as an aggregate indicator for well-being. In this paper, we engage in an application of the capabilities approach for the measurement and interpretation of individual well-being. Specifically, we measure self-reported or perceived capabilities by asking the (Flemish) respondents “How do you consider your possibilities/opportunities in life in general?”. We examine whether this kind of information is helpful for the challenge of aggregating underlying dimensions of well-being. We compare with the satisfaction with life approach and differentiate between two kinds of determinants: realisations on various life domains and personality traits. We find that perceived capabilities are more connected to realisations on life domains, while life satisfaction is more related to the personality traits. This result supports the position that information about (perceived) capabilities is a useful additional ingredient for the assessment of general or aggregated well-being.
引用
收藏
页码:615 / 629
页数:14
相关论文
共 76 条
  • [1] Al-Janabi H(2012)Development of a self-report measure of capability wellbeing for adults: the ICECAP-A Quality of Life Research 21 167-176
  • [2] Flynn TN(2013)An investigation of the construct validity of the ICECAP-A capability measure Quality of Life Research 22 1831-1840
  • [3] Coast J(2005)Why the capability approach Journal of Human Development 6 115-134
  • [4] Al-Janabi H(2006)Capabilities and achievements: an empirical study The Journal of Socio-Economics 35 268-284
  • [5] Peters TJ(2005)Capabilities and well-being: evidence based on the Sen-Nussbaum approach to welfare Social Indicators Research 74 9-54
  • [6] Brazier J(2009)The development of capability indicators Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 10 125-152
  • [7] Bryan S(2011)The capability approach: a framework for official German poverty and wealth reports Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 12 311-337
  • [8] Flynn TN(2006)The potential of anamnestic comparative self-assessment (ACSA) to reduce bias in the measurement of subjective well-being Journal of Happiness Studies 7 227-250
  • [9] Clemens S(2008)Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle? Social Science and Medicine 66 1733-1749
  • [10] Moody A(2011)Operationalizing the capability approach Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 12 91-119