Have Econometric Analyses of Happiness Data Been Futile? A Simple Truth about Happiness Scales
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- Le-Yu Chen & Ekaterina Oparina & Nattavudh Powdthavee & Sorawoot Srisuma, 2019. "Have Econometric Analyses of Happiness Data Been Futile? A Simple Truth About Happiness Scales," Papers 1902.07696, arXiv.org.
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Keywords
ordered-response model; mixed-integer optimization; median regression; subjective well-being;JEL classification:
- C24 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models
- C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2019-03-04 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-HAP-2019-03-04 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HPE-2019-03-04 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2019-03-04 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
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