How important is methodology for the estimates of the determinants of happiness?
How important is methodology for the estimates of the determinants of happiness?
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00235.x
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发表时间：
2004-07-01
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3.2
通讯作者：
Frijters, P
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作者：
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A;Frijters, P
心理学家和社会学家通常将幸福感得分解释为基本的，在所有受访者中具有可比性，因此对幸福感和幸福感的变化进行OLS回归。经济学家通常只假设顺序性，并主要使用有序的潜在反应模型，因此没有令人满意地考虑到固定的个体特征。我们通过开发固定效应有序Logit模型的条件估计来解决这个问题。我们发现，假设幸福感得分的顺序性或基数几乎没有什么不同，而考虑到固定效应确实会显著改变结果。我们呼吁对构成这些固定效应的人格特征的决定因素进行更多的研究。
Psychologists and sociologists usually interpret happiness scores as cardinal and comparable across respondents, and thus run OLS regressions on happiness and changes in happiness. Economists usually assume only ordinality and have mainly used ordered latent response models, thereby not taking satisfactory account of fixed individual traits. We address this problem by developing a conditional estimator for the fixed-effect ordered logit model. We find that assuming ordinality or cardinality of happiness scores makes little difference, whilst allowing for fixed-effects does change results substantially. We call for more research into the determinants of the personality traits making up these fixed-effects.