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In this chapter, we will examine calendar and time diary methods which have been shown to be especially effective when it comes to assessing well-being. When the goal, however, is not only to conduct qualitative research (e.g., through in-depth interviews), but to draw quantitative inferences from samples to the general population, survey interviewing is inevitably involved. Thus, valid retrospective and behavioral reports are needed from individuals. A critical aspect of this paradigm is that the way people spend their time needs to be taken into account in a rigorous and scientific way, as it is only by understanding previous life events that present and future life course development can be predicted.

This new paradigm goes beyond the typical scope of economic science in which only the activities that can be measured in monetary terms are included. Given that economic or financial success cannot fully capture an integral concept of human well-being, a new paradigm has emerged, one which focuses on the nonmarket contribution and behavior of households. For decades, individual and social well-being have been reduced to material well-being.

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