How a focus on wellbeing can help us make better policy decisions
Dolan, P.
, Layard, R.
, O’Donnell, G., Delaney, L.
, Krekel, C.
, Sanders, J.
, Blanco Jimenez, C., Laffan, K.
, Kavetsos, G. & Kudrna, L.
(5 March 2021)
How a focus on wellbeing can help us make better policy decisions.
LSE COVID-19 Blog.
Deaths, hospitalisations and cases have been the default metrics for policymakers during the pandemic. Paul Dolan (LSE) and a team of behavioural science experts propose a broader way of measuring policy outcomes that considers life experience as well as life expectancy.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2021 The Authors |
| Departments |
LSE > Academic Departments > Psychological and Behavioural Science LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Economic Performance |
| Date Deposited | 22 Apr 2021 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110000 |
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- Dolan, Paul
- Layard, Richard
- Delaney, Liam
- Krekel, Christian
- Sanders, Jet Gabrielle Gabrielle
- Blanco Jimenez, Celia
- Laffan, Kate
- Kavetsos, Georgios
- Kudrna, Laura
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
- HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
- BF Psychology
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- https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Professor-Liam-Delaney (Author)
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- https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Dr-Jet-G.Sanders (Author)
- https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Dr-Kate-Laffan (Author)
- https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/people/person.asp?id=10240 (Author)
- https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Laura-Kudrna?from_serp=1 (Author)
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