The importance of sampling frequency for estimates of well-being dynamics

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: HOSKINS, Stephen James, JOHNSTON, David W., KUNZ, Johannes S., SHIELDS, Michael A., STAUB, Kevin E.
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• الموضوعات: Adaptation; Dynamic panel data; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Panel autoregression; Persistence; Well-being; Singapore; Asian Studies; Behavioral Economics; Gerontology; Health Economics
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/rosa_publications/3; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/rosa_publications/article/1002/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0165176524003641_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

Using a high-frequency panel survey, we examine the sensitivity of estimated self-reported well-being (SWB) dynamics to using monthly, quarterly, and yearly data. This is an important issue if SWB is to be used to evaluate policy. Results from autoregressive models that account for individual-level...