Assessing well-being using hierarchical needs

Arbeitspapier

Determining whether well-being has improved is an important multidisciplinary task. It is important therefore to develop a multidimensional measure of well-being that reflects a wide spectrum of human needs. A new approach is presented in this paper based on multidimensional hierarchical human needs and motivation. Improving well-being within this multidimensional approach requires progressive satiation of hierarchical needs. Eight indicators have been chosen to reflect these four hierarchical categories. This paper empirically applies this new measure of well-being to eight Southeast Asian countries for the period 1985-2000: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Results for Australia are also provided as a comparative benchmark.

Object Details

• ISBN: 9291907014
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2005/22

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Comparative Studies of Countries
• Subject: well-being ; Maslow ; Southeast Asia ; Lebensqualität ; Grundbedürfnisse ; Motivation ; Südostasien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Clarke, Matthew
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63238
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET