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Die Wahrnehmung und Berücksichtigung von Wachstums- und Wohlstandsindikatoren durch politische Entscheidungsträger in Deutschland
Fertig, Michael | Puxi, Marco | Rosemann, Martin | Weimann, Marian
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 134 (2014), Iss. 1 : pp. 61–88
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Michael Fertig, ISG – Institut für Sozialforschung und Gesellschaftspolitik GmbH – Büro Berlin –, Gorgasring 2, 13599 Berlin
Marco Puxi, ISG – Institut für Sozialforschung und Gesellschaftspolitik GmbH – Büro Berlin –, Gorgasring 2, 13599 Berlin
Martin Rosemann, ISG – Institut für Sozialforschung und Gesellschaftspolitik GmbH – Büro Berlin –, Gorgasring 2, 13599 Berlin
Marian Weimann, ISG – Institut für Sozialforschung und Gesellschaftspolitik GmbH – Büro Berlin –, Gorgasring 2, 13599 Berlin
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This contribution is based on a survey among decision makers in politics and public administration regarding knowledge and comprehensibility of well-established indicators and reports on growth, wealth and quality of life. Furthermore, information on respondents" preferences with respect to the modeling of growth, wealth and quality of life were collected. Results suggest that the most common indicators are also the most comprehensible as well as the most often observed and used. Furthermore, these indicators are attributed the highest relevance for decisions and the largest appropriateness for measuring growth, wealth and quality of life. The vast majority of respondents agrees that growth, wealth and quality of life neither can nor should be measured by only one indicator. Largely independent of observable socio-demographic characteristics and party affiliation the use of several selected indicators is preferred. However, there is also a remarkable degree of dissent whether these indicators should be presented equally side by side or whether they should be condensed into one composite indicator.