The Impact of Adaptive Preferences on Subjective Indicators: An Analysis of Poverty Indicators
The Impact of Adaptive Preferences on Subjective Indicators: An Analysis of Poverty Indicators
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适应性偏好对主观指标的影响：贫困指标分析
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2013
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C. Suter
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E. Crettaz;C. Suter
主观指标经常受到批评，因为它们被认为特别受到适应性偏好和社会比较现象的影响。就社会政策而言，处境不利的个人向下适应的过程特别重要，即假定这些人将自己与处于同样危险境地或甚至更糟糕的其他人进行比较，结果是降低了他们的期望，使他们的愿望和偏好适应他们的物质和经济限制。基于2006-2010年瑞士家庭小组研究的浪潮，这份报告审查了物质匮乏、主观贫困和主观幸福感的指标是否以及在多大程度上受到这种向下适应的影响。我们的实证分析表明，适应过程引起的偏差在不同的测量中有很大的不同，尽管主观指标确实经常受到这一现象的影响，但也有稳健的测量，特别是汤森德的剥夺测量、Halleröd的比例剥夺指数和总体生活满意度的主观幸福感测量。
Subjective indicators are often criticized since they are thought to be particularly affected by the phenomenon of adaptive preferences and social comparison. For social policy purposes, processes of downward adaptation in disadvantaged individuals are of particular importance, i.e., it is supposed that such people compare themselves with others who are in the same precarious situation or even worse off and, as a result, lower their expectations and adapt their aspirations and preferences to their material and financial constraints. Based on the 2006–2010 waves of the Swiss Household Panel study, this contribution examines whether, and to what degree, indicators of material deprivation, subjective poverty and subjective well-being are affected by such downward adaptations. Our empirical analysis demonstrates that the bias caused by adaptation processes varies considerably among different measures and that, although subjective indicators are indeed often affected by this phenomenon, there are also robust measures, notably Townsend’s deprivation measure, Halleröd’s proportional deprivation index and the subjective well-being measure of general life satisfaction.