Exploring a Gross Wellbeing Index: Case Study in Japan
Audience: Public Format: Online
Our final seminar in this series exploring multidimensional well-being measures will look at a Gross Wellbeing Index.
Tuesday, 30 June 2026, 12pm to 1pm
Japan’s current policy relies on multi-indicator well-being dashboards, which fail to capture individual inequalities and obscure trends behind stagnant average scores. This seminar looks at the construction of a composite Gross Wellbeing Index (GWI), created with the aim of offering superior, actionable insights over simple dashboards by exposing hidden inequalities and structural deficits. In this seminar, Takahashi Yoshi will evaluate whether the GWI better detects demographic and regional disparities compared to a standard dashboard.
Join us to learn more about the methodology behind this study, and what its results show about wellbeing in Japan.
Department: International Development (Department)
Host: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
Register here: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9q0ZOxHNQl-nrVPBW9izHA#/registration