Luttmer (2005): study US 1987
Publication
- Author(s):
- Luttmer, E.F.
- Title:
- Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being.
- Source:
- Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 963-1002
Investigation
- Public
- 19+ aged couples, United States, followed 6 years, 1987-1994
- Survey name
- US-NSFH combined waves
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 8944
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Next are some questions about how you see yourself and your life. Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days?
1 very unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7 very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-n-7-b
- Page in publication:
- 973
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.34 -
- SD:
- 1.38 -