Human feelings measured in integers (my happiness is an 8 out of 10, my pain 2 out of 6) have no objective scientific basis. They are “made-up” numbers on a scale that does not exist. Yet such data are extensively collected—despite criticism from, especially, economists—by governments and international organizations. We examine this paradox. We draw upon longitudinal information on the feelings and ...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
119 (2022), 42, e2210412119
| Caspar Kaiser, Andrew J. Oswald