The Divergent Meanings of Life Satisfaction: Item Response Modeling of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Greenland and Norway

Vittersø, Joar; Biswas‐Diener, Robert; Diener, Ed

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“…Det siste spørsmålet («Hvis jeg kunne leve livet på nytt…») har også blitt kritisert, fordi det utgjør et helt hypotetisk scenario som ulike mennesker vil kunne fortolke og forholde seg ulikt til (Feldman, 2010). Det er også en fare for at resultater sammenlignes på tvers av land og grupper uten at man har undersøkt i tilstrekkelig grad om det er kulturforskjeller i for ståelsen av spørsmålene (Vittersø, BiswasDiener og Diener, 2005). Det foreligger imidlertid en del detaljerte studier av hvordan spørsmålene forstås på tvers av kulturer (Vittersø et al, 2005;Vittersø, Røysamb og Diener, 2002), som kan gi en pekepinn blant annet om hvordan forskjeller mellom land kan fortolkes.…”

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“…Moreover, cultural differences and social norms can lead to special respond behaviors, and therefore, cause additional biases (e.g. Vittersø et al (2005)). …”

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Well-Being in Germany: What Explains the Regional Variation?

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2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a diminishing but still significant gap between East and West Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts of Germany. The observed regional pattern of life satisfaction reflects macroeconomic fundamentals, where labour market conditions play a dominant role. Differing levels of GDP and economic growth have contributed rather indirectly to well-being such that the period since the reunification can be considered as a period of joyless growth. Moreover, the effects of unemployment and income differ in size between regions in such a way that one can assume increasing marginal disutility of unemployment. In total, approximately half of "satisfaction gap" between East and West Germany can be attributed to differing macroeconomic conditions. In contrast, the comparably high levels of life satisfaction in Northern Germany are driven mostly by couples and go along with significantly higher fertility rates. Overall, I conclude that comparisons of SWB within a single country provide valid information. JEL-Classification: R10, I31

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“…It can also be argued that regional aspiration levels are differing such that it comes to an unequal interpretation of the given answering scale. Moreover, cultural differences and social norms can lead to special respond behaviors, and therefore, cause additional biases (e.g., Vittersø et al [2005]). …”

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Well-Being in Germany: GDP and Unemployment Still Matter

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2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a diminishing but still significant gap between East and West Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts. The observed regional pattern of life satisfaction reflects macroeconomic fundamentals, where labor market conditions play a dominant role. Differing levels of GDP and economic growth have contributed rather indirectly to regional well-being such that the years since the German reunification can be considered as a period of joyless growth. Approximately half of the "satisfaction gap" between East and West Germany can be attributed to differing macroeconomic conditions. Moreover, we argue that it is advisable for governments to collect more data on aspects that presumably influence the well-being of society. For example, it is highly probable that reliable data on regional income inequality would lead to several important and influential studies. This, in turn, can help to design indicators for those characteristics which are known for affecting SWB. In total, we do not perceive any fundamental caveat for using data on SWB in order to measure welfare directly, at least within culturally and linguistically homogenous regions. To reduce statistical uncertainty, however, it would be helpful to include subjective information of this kind into larger cross-sectional surveys such as common census data. JEL-Classification: R10, I31

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The Divergent Meanings of Life Satisfaction: Item Response Modeling of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Greenland and Norway

Abstract: Greenland, item response modeling, Norway, satisfaction with life, subjective well-being,

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