Asking about changes in happiness in a daily web survey

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This paper investigates whether the level of happiness and integrated process of changes in happiness are the same. Using the daily data of two waves of four and six months each, we found that the level of happiness is stationary, whereas the integrated process of changes is non-stationary with a rising trend, implying that they are different series. An examination of the causes of the difference indicated that although adaptation completely influences the level of happiness, it only partially influences the change in happiness. This may be because the latter is based on a comparison between today and yesterday.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ISER Discussion Paper ; No. 813

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Welfare; Well-Being
• Subject: change in happiness ; Easterlin paradox ; daily web survey ; adaptation ; Zufriedenheit ; Befragung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Tsutsui, Yoshiro ; Ohtake, Fumio
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (where): Osaka
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/92717
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