Counting happiness from the individual level to the group level

A procedure for identifying the happy individuals in society is indispensable to efforts to align public policy with the needs of the citizenry. Individual self-reports on happiness, however, must first meet the dual requirements of cardinality and (at least) relative interpersonal comparability bef...

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Main Authors:	Beja, Edsel L, Jr, Yap, David B, II
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2012
Subjects:	Counting Individual Group Happiness Behavioral Economics Economics
Online Access:	https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/120 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-012-0165-y
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.economics-faculty-pubs-11192020-08-20T05:27:19Z Counting happiness from the individual level to the group level Beja, Edsel L, Jr Yap, David B, II A procedure for identifying the happy individuals in society is indispensable to efforts to align public policy with the needs of the citizenry. Individual self-reports on happiness, however, must first meet the dual requirements of cardinality and (at least) relative interpersonal comparability before they can be used in conjunction with a counting procedure to give a meaningful estimate of group level happiness. The paper demonstrates a count-based measure of group happiness that exhibits these desired qualities using data from the Philippines. 2012-09-30T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/120 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-012-0165-y Economics Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Counting Individual Group Happiness Behavioral Economics Economics
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topic	Counting Individual Group Happiness Behavioral Economics Economics
spellingShingle	Counting Individual Group Happiness Behavioral Economics Economics Beja, Edsel L, Jr Yap, David B, II Counting happiness from the individual level to the group level
description	A procedure for identifying the happy individuals in society is indispensable to efforts to align public policy with the needs of the citizenry. Individual self-reports on happiness, however, must first meet the dual requirements of cardinality and (at least) relative interpersonal comparability before they can be used in conjunction with a counting procedure to give a meaningful estimate of group level happiness. The paper demonstrates a count-based measure of group happiness that exhibits these desired qualities using data from the Philippines.
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author	Beja, Edsel L, Jr Yap, David B, II
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title	Counting happiness from the individual level to the group level
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publisher	Archīum Ateneo
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url	https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/120 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-012-0165-y
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