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In this short paper, we focus on one conceptual framework (Benjamin, Heffetz, Kimball, and Szembrot, 2014), which uses self-reported responses to subjective well-being (SWB) and stated preference (SP) survey questions to construct an index of well-being. We briefly review the framework and...
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relative marginal utilities not only for happiness and life satisfaction, but also for aspects related to family, health …
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data. We ask survey respondents what they had in mind regarding (i)-(iii) when answering commonly used--life satisfaction …
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This paper studies the test-retest reliability of a standard self-reported life satisfaction measure and of affect … weeks apart is 0.64, which is slightly higher than the correlation of life satisfaction (r=0.59). Correlations between … income, net affect and life satisfaction are presented, and adjusted for attenuation bias due to measurement error. Life …
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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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wellbeing metrics - happiness and life satisfaction - is less clear cut. Differences vary over time, location, and with model … happiness and life satisfaction in recent years even before the onset of pandemic. As in the past they continue to have lower …
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lower life satisfaction and more pessimism about the future at age 50. Taken together, these results suggest social …
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and regions in the factors linked to life satisfaction, paying special attention to the social context. Our principal … findings are: First, using the larger pooled sample, we find that answers to the satisfaction with life and Cantril ladder … international and intra-national differences in life satisfaction. Third, the very significant influences of both income and social …
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affect measures - life satisfaction, enjoyment, smiling and being well-rested - and four negative affect variables - pain …
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, although it fell slightly after 2020 as life expectancy dipped. This secular improvement is mirrored in life satisfaction which …
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