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Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being
Benjamin, Daniel J.; Cooper, Kristen B; Heffetz, Ori; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Analyses of self-reported-well-being (SWB) survey data may be confounded if people use response scales differently. We use calibration questions, designed to have the same objective answer across respondents, to measure dimensional (i.e., specific to an SWB dimension) and general (i.e., common...
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Were COVID and the Great Recession Well-being Reducing?
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Happiness Report from the Gallup World Poll shifted much in response to negative shocks. The HDI has been rising in the last …, although it fell slightly after 2020 as life expectancy dipped. This secular improvement is mirrored in life satisfaction which …
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From Happiness Data to Economic Conclusions
Benjamin, Daniel J.; Cooper, Kristen B; Heffetz, Ori; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Happiness data--survey respondents' self-reported well-being (SWB)--have become increasingly common in economics …
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The Declining Mental Health Of The Young And The Global Disappearance Of The Hump Shape In Age In Unhappiness
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex; Xu, Xiaowei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Across many studies subjective well-being follows a U-shape in age, declining until people reach middle-age, only to rebound subsequently. Ill-being follows a mirror-imaged hump-shape. But this empirical regularity has been replaced by a monotonic decrease in illbeing by age. The reason for the...
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Happiness and the Quality of Government
Helliwell, John F. - 2020
This chapter uses happiness data to assess the quality of government. Our happiness data are drawn from the Gallup … national happiness, but democratic quality is not. We also analyze other quality of government indicators. Confidence in … government is correlated with happiness, however forms of democracy and government spending seem not. We further discuss three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479363
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Measuring and Understanding Subjective Well-Being
Helliwell, John F. - 2010
Increasing attention is being paid in academic, policy, and public arenas to subjective measures of well-being. This promising trend represents a shift towards measuring positive outcomes in psychology and greater realism in the study of economic behaviour. After a general review of past and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462763
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Valuing Pain using the Subjective Well-being Method
Ólafsdóttir, Thorhildur - 2017
Chronic pain clearly lowers utility, but it is empirically challenging to estimate the monetary compensation needed to offset this utility reduction. We use the subjective well-being method to estimate the value of pain relief among individuals age 50 and older. We use a sample of 64,205...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455033
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Do People Report Happiness Accurately?
Andreoni, James; Bernheim, Bert Douglas; Jia, Tingyan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Validation of happiness measures is inherently challenging because subjective sensations are unobserved. We introduce a … they would respond (or would have responded) to a survey question about their happiness after the same event. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512062
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Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction : Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference
Benjamin, Daniel J. - 2012
relative marginal utilities not only for happiness and life satisfaction, but also for aspects related to family, health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460285
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New measures of the costs of unemployment : Evidence from the subjective well-being of 3.3 million Americans
Helliwell, John F. - 2011
Using two large US surveys, we estimate the effects of unemployment on the subjective well-being of the unemployed and the rest of the population. For the unemployed, the non-pecuniary costs of unemployment are several times as large as those due to lower incomes, while the indirect effect at...
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