What would a pan-jurisdictional wellbeing-budgeting framework look like? (Chris Barrington-Leigh

In this position, SWL can play one of its key roles: Headline indicator: SWL helps to communicate the overall intent, provides a single focal measure to act as a summary of wellbeing, and suggests that the point of a wellbeing metric system is ultimately accountable to human, subjective experience — i.e., the experienced quality of life. [...] Guide to composition of dashboard: Life satisfaction can provide accountability to the choice of indicators in an entire dashboard of indicators, avoiding the need for the dashboard designers to impose judgment about which policies, government departments, or domains of life define well- being. [...] While the stakes are enormous and the uncertainties bewildering, this crisis in some sense presents a A key challenge is that uncertainty about long term outcomes can overwhelm decision processes can generate enough evidence or experience to provide it with the best knowledge on how policies will perfect example of the value of a life satisfaction framework which can integrate the expert prioritie. [...] Insights from science of happiness: e.g., • HRSDC indicators of Well-being in Canada Minor details 5 A community RCT 3 value of social and emotional skills for well- (2009-2014) (used to be at Conclusion 6 Across the life course 3 being, and the importance of the wellbeing being.esdc.gc.ca) Conclusion 3 of those delivering services as well as the recipients • First Nations Community w. [...] Insights from epigenetics, neuroplasticity, and intergenerational transmission • Monitoring the Well-being of Veterans: The April 2021 QoL Framework report is a joy to A Veteran Well-being Surveillance Frame- read, and is thoughtful, transparent, and com- Why might we require a re-think about “educa- work (2017–) mitted to evolution of the framework in light of7.