幸福数据意味着什么?理论与调查证据

IF 3.9 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of the European Economic Association Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI:10.1093/jeea/jvad026

Daniel J Benjamin, Jakina Debnam Guzman, Marc Fleurbaey, Ori Heffetz, Miles Kimball

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摘要

什么实用概念?心流/终生，自我/家庭为中心——自我报告的幸福感(SWB)问题能衡量吗?现有的应用程序对(i)生命域、(ii)时间范围和(iii) SWB数据捕获的与其他相关的偏好做出了不同的假设。为了获得相关证据，我们询问受访者在回答常用的(生活满意度、幸福感、阶梯)和新的幸福感问题时，他们对(i) - (iii)的看法。我们发现被调查者的自我报告与研究者的假设存在差异，并且在不同的主观幸福感问题和不同的社会人口统计学群体中存在差异。同时，简单的swb问题措辞调整可以有效地将自我报告推向期望的解释。我们为SWB研究人员概述了可操作的建议。(jel: d69, d90, i31)

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What do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence

Abstract What utility notion—e.g. flow/lifetime, self/family-centered—do self-reported well-being (SWB) questions measure? Existing applications make different assumptions regarding the (i) life domains, (ii) time horizons, and (iii) other-regarding preferences captured by SWB data. To obtain relevant evidence, 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. At the same time, simple SWB-question wording tweaks are effective in moving self-reports toward desired interpretations. We outline actionable suggestions for SWB researchers. (JEL: D69, D90, I31)

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Journal of the European Economic Association ECONOMICS-

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7.80

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2.80%

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