Theory and empirical analysis on welfare indicator instead of GDP

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Public finance/Public economy
• Research Institution: Tsuda University (2017); Ryutsu Keizai University (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: Mori Yuko 津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (10748198)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 坂本 徳仁 東京理科大学, 理工学部教養, 准教授 (00513095)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 多元的貧困指標 / 幸福度 / 健康等価指標

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we compared and analyzed three welfare indicators which are receiving great international attention; happiness index, multidimensional poverty index, health equivalent income. To compare three indicators, we conducted field survey in India. We found following three things. First, happiness index is weekly correlated with income. Second, regarding low-income group, the result of health equivalent income approach is almost the same as that of income approach. Third, it is better to analyze the actual situation of poverty using multi-dimensional poverty index approach.

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