Scale Norming Undermines the Use of Life Satisfaction Scale Data for Welfare Analysis
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Keywords
Subjective well-being; Welfare analysis; Life satisfaction; Adaptation; Scale norming; Response shift;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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