How Do We Value Wellbeing? Combining Data to Put an Economic Value on the Change in Short Warwick Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) Scores

Collins, Brendan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2869251

How Do We Value Wellbeing? Combining Data to Put an Economic Value on the Change in Short Warwick Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) Scores

7 Pages Posted: 15 Nov 2016

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Brendan Collins

University of Liverpool / Wirral Council

Date Written: November 14, 2016

Abstract

This report outlines a methodology which has been used to put an economic value on changes in Short WEMWBS (Warwick Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale) scores.

Keywords: wellbeing, WEMWBS, social value, SROI, ONS4, cost benefit, wellbeing valuation.

JEL Classification: D60

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Collins, Brendan, How Do We Value Wellbeing? Combining Data to Put an Economic Value on the Change in Short Warwick Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) Scores (November 14, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2869251 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2869251