The Sad Truth about Happiness Scales

Happiness is reported in ordered intervals (e.g., very, pretty, not too happy). We review and apply standard statistical results to determine when such data permit identification of two groups’ relative average happiness. The necessary conditions for nonparametric identification are strong and unlik...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of political economy 2019-08, Vol.127 (4), p.1629-1640
Hauptverfasser:	Bond, Timothy N., Lang, Kevin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Averages Economic theory Happiness Political economy Ratings & rankings Truth
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