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Although social economy (SE) institutions are widely credited with generating significant social benefits, measuring their actual impact on society has been a daunting task. The assessment of social economy contributions toward broader policy goals requires a macro-level perspective, allowing a comparison of social economy institutions to other types of economic actors across industries and countries. A conceptual framework allowing such a macro-level analysis has been developed with the Satellite Account on Non-profit and Related Institutions and Volunteer Work, which provides a set of officially sanctioned recommendations and methodologies for separate identification of social economy institutions in the national economic statistics known as the System of National Accounts (SNA). This chapter offers a brief introduction of this methodology to the general audience that may not be familiar with the technical intricacies of the SNA.
S. Wojciech Sokolowski passed away before this volume went to press.
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The social economy sector also includes the volunteer work component, which is outside the scope of this chapter.
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Sokolowski, S.W. (2022). Using the System of National Accounts Framework to Measure Social Impacts of Social Economy Institutions. In: Hoelscher, M., List, R.A., Ruser, A., Toepler, S. (eds) Civil Society: Concepts, Challenges, Contexts. Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98008-5_8
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