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Issues in the Estimation of Dynamic Happiness Models: A Comment on "Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction?"

PIPER, Alan and PUGH, Geoff (2016) Issues in the Estimation of Dynamic Happiness Models: A Comment on "Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction?". Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 10 (2016-5). pp. 1-6. ISSN 1864-6042

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This paper offers methodological comments on a recent (November 2014) Economic Journal
article. The comments consider its use of a dynamic model – the inclusion of a lagged
dependent variable – and its approach to estimation. By way of critique, the authors highlight
general issues regarding dynamic panel analysis that are still less fully appreciated in the
economics of happiness literature than elsewhere in economics and other quantitative social
sciences. This discussion of methodological issues arising from dynamic estimation may be
of practical assistance to researchers new to the field and/or to dynamic modelling.

Item Type: Article
Faculty: School of Business, Leadership and Economics > Accounting, Finance and Economics
Depositing User: Geoff PUGH
Date Deposited: 31 Jan 2017 10:38
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2023 13:46
URI: https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/2975

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