tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post3022956606495555317..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Measuring happiness internationallyDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-53370726875487534992016-09-21T08:17:05.390-04:002016-09-21T08:17:05.390-04:00Thank you, Conal, for your expert response and the...Thank you, Conal, for your expert response and the link to this paper. I expect I'll get a chance to discuss these issues further in a later post. DanDan Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-61255998769806483292016-09-20T09:05:50.629-04:002016-09-20T09:05:50.629-04:00Hi Daniel
As one of the co-authors of the OECD Gu...Hi Daniel<br /><br />As one of the co-authors of the OECD Guidelines, can i point you in the direction of this:<br /><br />http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/comparing-happiness-across-the-world_5jrqppzd9bs2-en<br /><br />This looks directly at the issue of cross-cultural comparisons and was published more recently. The issue is still a challenging one, but the short summary of available evidence is that when you go looking for actual evidence of significant cross cultural biases in measures of subjective well-being, it is remarkably hard to come up with estimates that suggest a large effect.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Conal SmithAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419882107713891373noreply@blogger.com