The Sad Truth About Happiness Scales
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- Timothy N. Bond & Kevin Lang, 2019. "The Sad Truth about Happiness Scales," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 127(4), pages 1629-1640.
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JEL classification:
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2014-03-15 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HPE-2014-03-15 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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