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Evaluation 2 of "Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being"

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  • Alberto Prati

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This is an extraordinary paper[1]. It approaches a fundamental issue in wellbeing measurement, and does so constructively, by suggesting and testing a potential solution.

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  • Alberto Prati, 2025. "Evaluation 2 of "Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being"," The Unjournal Evaluations 2025-67, The Unjournal.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjn:evalua:e2heterogenity
    DOI: 10.21428/d28e8e57.680752e4/47054668
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    1. Alberto Prati & Claudia Senik, 2024. "Is It Possible to Raise National Happiness?," Working Papers halshs-04850502, HAL.
    2. Fernanda Marquez-Padilla & Jorge Alvarez, 2018. "Grading happiness: what grading systems tell us about cross-country wellbeing comparisons," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 38(2), pages 1138-1155.
    3. Daniel J. Benjamin & Kristen Cooper & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Jiannan Zhou, 2023. "Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being," NBER Working Papers 31728, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Kaiser, Caspar F. & Lepinteur, Anthony, 2025. "Measuring the Unmeasurable? Systematic Evidence on Scale Transformations in Subjective Survey Data," IZA Discussion Papers 18029, IZA Network @ LISER.
    5. Fleurbaey, Marc & Blanchet, Didier, 2013. "Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199767199.
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