Empirical analysis of employees' subjective evaluations using the anchoring vignette method.

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K13746
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Public finance/Public economy
• Research Institution: Ryutsu Keizai University (2018-2022); The Health Care Science Institute (2017)
• Principal Investigator: Sannabe Atsushi 流通経済大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70456763)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 幸福度 / 生活満足度 / アンカリング・ヴィネット / 男女間格差

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research fund was used to conduct two questionnaire surveys. The first survey was conducted among the Japanese working people and asked why there is a difference in the level of happiness between men and women, i.e. why women's happiness is often higher than men's. The hypothesis that this is because women have lower expectations (expectation level hypothesis) and the hypothesis that women are more effective in the use of their time, which increases their level of happiness, were tested. The results strongly support the expectation level hypothesis. The results are published in JCER economic journal. The second questionnaire was a questionnaire asking about the productivity of the company from the manager's point of view. This paper will also be published.

Free Research Field

労働経済学、経営学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

女性のほうが幸福度が高いという、男女間の幸福度の違いが長年観察されてきた。その理由については、様々な推測が為されてきた。中には、女性のほうが幸福であるのは、文字通り女性のほうが幸福で恵まれた（優遇された）生活を送っているからだ、と主張するものもあった。本研究をもとにすれば、男女間の格差が生じる有力な理由を論理的に説明できる。これは男女間の格差を考えるうえで、政策立案上も有用であると考える。