Reported happiness, fast and slow

Raphael Studer and Rainer Winkelmann

No 80, ECON - Working Papers from Department of Economics - University of Zurich

Abstract: In this paper, we test how reporting behaviors (response time, cognitive effort, questionnaire order) affect reported happiness in a large Dutch internet panel survey. We find that slower responses and higher cognitive effort reduce reported happiness. Moreover, in multivariate happiness equations, these factors moderate the estimated effect of income on happiness, while no interaction effects are found for other determinants of happiness. As a consequence, relative marginal effects may not be invariant to reporting circumstances.

Keywords: Reporting function; happiness; mood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-05
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