How Governments Can Improve Quality of Life

 

How Governments Can Improve Quality of Life

Governments can look to data collected from happiness economic studies and indices to find places to improve the population's quality of life. One such index is the Gross National Happiness (GNH) index.

There are many ways that a government can improve the quality of its citizens' lives. Actions include funding good public schools, offering affordable access to healthcare, and supporting family-friendly policies, like paid leave to take care of sick family members or newborn or adopted children. These policy movements help families thrive.

Many of the governments in countries listed as having a high quality of life provide services and programs to their citizens to help them improve their lives. These include access to living-wage jobs, affordable or free higher education, better gun control laws, and access to high-quality and affordable healthcare.1

The quality of life in the U.S. is lower than in most developed nations due to declines in personal safety, healthcare, and uneven access to high-quality public education.1