Measuring happiness: context matters

Georgios Kavetsos, Marika Dimitriadou and Paul Dolan

Applied Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 21, issue 5, 308-311

Abstract: We test for calendar effects and the presence of others in reports of life satisfaction using Eurobarometer data from 31 countries over 20 years. We find significant day and month, but not time of day, effects. Life satisfaction is significantly reduced in the presence of others.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.856994

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