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Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Reported happiness, fast and slow
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Authors
  • Raphael Studer
  • Rainer Winkelmann
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name Working paper series / Department of Economics
Number 80
ISSN 1664-7041
Number of Pages 20
Date 2012
Abstract Text 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.
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Keywords Reporting function, happiness, mood, Zufriedenheit, Online-Befragung