Paul Anand|Graham Hunter|Ron Smith
Capabilities and Well-Being: Evidence Based on the Sen–Nussbaum Approach to Welfare
The Open University|Birkbeck, University of London|Birkbeck, University of London
one significant theoretical contributions welfare analysis across range disciplines development capabilities framework sen others motivated claim freedom play key role social evaluation capabilities framework suggests consider people free well actually using data british household panel survey conjunction list substantial values posited martha nussbaum contribute operationalisation testing approach specifically suggest commonly used secondary data sources provide information capabilities people incorporated models subjective wellbeing used growing number labour health economists find evidence wide range capabilities exhibit statistically significant relations wellbeing relations complex slightly different men women conclude suggestions future developments