Lars Osberg|Andrew Sharpe
HOW SHOULD WE MEASURE THE "ECONOMIC" ASPECTS OF WELL-BEING?
Dalhousie University|Center for Independent Living
review income wealthvolume 51 issue 2 p 311336 measure economic aspects wellbeing lars osberg corresponding author lars osberg dalhousie university halifax nova scotialars osberg mcculloch professor economics dalhousie university 6214 university avenue halifax nova scotia b3h 3j5 canada email protectedsearch papers authorandrew sharpe andrew sharpe center study living standards ottawa ontariosearch papers author lars osberg corresponding author lars osberg dalhousie university halifax nova scotialars osberg mcculloch professor economics dalhousie university 6214 university avenue halifax nova scotia b3h 3j5 canada email protectedsearch papers authorandrew sharpe andrew sharpe center study living standards ottawa ontariosearch papers author first published 01 june 2005 httpsdoiorg101111j14754991200500156xcitations 82 note revised retitled version paper presented wider conference inequality poverty human wellbeing helsinki may 3031 2003 canadian economics association 2003 annual meetings paper significant revision extension work previously presented number conferences published several journals eg osberg sharpe 2002a 2002b 2003 would like thank discussants meetings anonymous referees extensive comments jeremy smith julia salzman dimitry kabelyan olivier guilbaud lynn lethbridge outstanding work research assistants deserve much credit work remaining errors responsibility sources figures text found data file associated paper posted free download httpwwwcslscaiwbsourcespdf aboutpdf toolsrequest permissionexport citationadd favoritestrack citation shareshare give accessshare full text accessshare fulltext accessplease review terms conditions use check box share fulltext version articlei read accept wiley online library terms conditions useshareable linkuse link share fulltext version article friends colleagues learn morecopy url share linkshare onemailfacebooktwitterlinkedinredditwechat abstract human development index hdi uses gdp per capita measure command resources 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