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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2021

Special Issue: Demographic aspects of human wellbeing

Guest editors: Sonja Spitzer, Vanessa Di Lego, Angela Greulich, Raya Muttarak

The 2021 special issue explores demographic perspectives on human wellbeing across time and space. While the idea of relating demographic parameters to wellbeing has been around for a while, a more concrete research agenda on the topic has gained momentum only recently. This volume gives an overview on the latest developments and shows how existing theoretical concepts and methodological tools in demography offer substantial advancements for the study of wellbeing. A large part of the volume is devoted to the challenges of defining and measuring wellbeing, with the most important debate being on whether the focus should be on objective measures like income or subjective definitions of wellbeing such as happiness. The various authors define wellbeing as health and mortality, as income, education or other resources, as happiness or life satisfaction, or a combination thereof, by introducing novel composite indicators. The volume covers wellbeing in historical and contemporary populations, in high- and low-income countries all around the world, also pointing at important research hindrances due to the lack of good-quality data in many regions. Most empirical contributions consider population heterogeneity to study how wellbeing differs by population subgroups and whether some demographic and socioeconomic groups fall behind, thereby providing important policy implications.
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2021

Details

ISSN1728-4414
ISSN Online1728-5305
ISBN-13978-3-7001-8707-3
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-8784-5
Subject Area
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doi10.1553/populationyearbook2021

Introduction

Sonja Spitzer, Vanessa di Lego, Angela Greulich, Raya Muttarak

A demographic perspective on human wellbeing: Concepts, measurement and population heterogeneity

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.int01

Debate

Carol Jagger

EU and UK targets for healthy life expectancy – are they achievable?

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.deb01

Andrew E. Clark

Demography and well-being

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.deb02

Wolfgang Lutz

Sustainable human wellbeing: What can demography contribute?

29

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.deb03

Paul Frijters

WELLBYs, cost-benefit analyses and the Easterlin Discount

39

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.deb04

Review Articles

Richard E. Lucas

Comparing global reports of subjective well-being to experiential measures

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.rev01

Bernard Harris

Anthropometric history and the measurement of wellbeing

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.rev02

Research Articles

David E. Bloom, Victoria Y. Fan, Vadim Kufenko, Osondu Ogbuoji, Klaus Prettner, Gavin Yamey

Going beyond GDP with a parsimonious indicator: Inequality-adjusted healthy lifetime income

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res1.1

Erich Striessnig, Claudia Reiter, Anna Dimitrova

Global improvements in Years of Good Life since 1950

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res1.2

Farid Flici, Nacer-Eddine Hammouda

Mortality evolution in Algeria: What can we learn about data quality?

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res1.3

Marilia R. Nepomuceno, Vanessa di Lego, Cassio M. Turra

Gender disparities in health at older ages and their consequences for well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res2.1

Anna Barbuscia, Chiara Comolli

Gender and socioeconomic inequalities in health and wellbeing across age in France and Switzerland

215

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res2.2

Dilek Yildiz, Hilal Arslan, Alanur Cavlin

Understanding women’s well-being in Turkey

225

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res2.3

Andrew E. Clark, Hippolyte d`'Albis, Angela Greulich

The age U-shape in Europe: The protective role of partnership

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res3.1

Bernhard Riederer, Nina-Sophie Fritsch, Lena Seewann

Singles in the city: Happily ever after?

319

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res3.2

Marina Zannella, Alessandra De Rose

Fathers’ and mothers’ enjoyment of childcare: The role of multitasking

355

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res3.3

Claudia Reiter, Sonja Spitzer

Well-being in Europe: Decompositions by country and gender for the population aged 50+

383

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res4.1

Hideko Matsuo, Koen Matthijs

The life course and subjective well-being across generations – an analysis based on cross-national surveys (2002–2016)

417

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res4.2

Felix Bittmann

Academic track mismatch and the temporal development of well-being and competences in German secondary education

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res5.1

Ronak Paul, Rashmi Rashmi

Is educational wellbeing associated with grade repetition and school dropout rates among Indian students? Evidence from a panel study

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res5.2

Data and Trends

Thananon Buathong, Anna Dinitrova, Paolo Miguel M. Vicerra, Montakarn Chimmamee

Years of Good Life: An illustration of a new well-being indicator using data for Thailand

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doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2021.dat.1