Net satisfaction: a different point of view on the measurement of subjective well-being
- Authors: Mendola, D; Saturnino, C
- Publication year: 2013
- Type: Proceedings
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/83509
Abstract
Starting from the baffling relationship between satisfaction and importance in the evaluation of subjective well-being, this paper presents a new definition of satisfaction useful to build a composite index of subjective well-being. The index is proven on data from European Quality of Life Survey 2007 and compared with two of the standard literature approaches to measure satisfaction taking into account importance weighting.