2 papers
econ.GN2026
Does life-satisfaction inequality measure societal inequality? A focal-value-rounding critique
C. P. Barrington-Leigh
The dispersion of self-reported life satisfaction has been proposed and used as a comprehensive measure of societal inequality. A negative cross-country association between mean li…
econ.GN2025
Are international happiness rankings reliable?
Christopher P Barrington-Leigh
Global comparisons of wellbeing increasingly rely on survey questions that ask respondents to evaluate their lives, most commonly in the form of "life satisfaction" and "Cantril la…