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Ekonomia dobrobytu. Rachunki narodowe w kontekście pomiaru dobrobytu
Welfare economics. National accounts and measurement of wellbeing

Author(s): Agnieszka Łopatka
Subject(s): Economy, Welfare services, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: prosperity; HDI; gross domestic product;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the welfare economics and closely related to national accounts. The aim of the discussion is to verify the Gross Domestic Product in the context of an optimal rate of economic wellbeing, as well as verification that the available alternative measures of prosperity accurately reflects the wellbeing of individuals and societies. In the first part of the paper presents a theoretical approach welfare economics. The second part of the study is an empirical and an exploration of some of the national accounts and the measurement of wellbeing in the context of Polish.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 43-56
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish