| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w28438 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 28438 |
| What Do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence | |
| Daniel J. Benjamin; Jakina Debnam Guzman; Marc Fleurbaey; Ori Heffetz; Miles S. Kimball | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-02-08 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | What utility notion—e.g., flow/lifetime, self/family-centered—do self-reported well-being (SWB) questions measure? First, we clarify the theoretical assumptions underlying existing applications regarding the (i) life domains, (ii) time horizons, and (iii) other-regarding preferences captured by SWB data. Second, we document inconsistency in assumptions across papers, sometimes using the same SWB dataset. Third, we ask survey respondents what they had in mind regarding (i)–(iii) when answering commonly used—life satisfaction, happiness, ladder—and new SWB questions. We find that respondents’ self-reports differ from researchers’ assumptions, and differ across SWB questions and sociodemographic groups. We outline actionable suggestions for SWB researchers. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; Behavioral Economics ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Poverty and Wellbeing |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w28438 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/586111 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Daniel J. Benjamin,Jakina Debnam Guzman,Marc Fleurbaey,et al. What Do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence. 2021. |
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| w28438.pdf（567KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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