The Investigation of Subjective Well-beings: A Survey Data Analysis

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590042
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: Sakawa Hideaki 名古屋市立大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 准教授 (70513125)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: Happiness / Activity / Survey

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project tried to investigate whether or not the level of subjective happiness are varied on the intraday time and activity. Using of Experienced sample methods (ESM), we constructed the panel data of 70 university students which includes their intraday happiness level and intraday activity. Especially, we focused on following research questions that “How subjective happiness are affected by the activity during a day” and “How subjective happiness are changed by the intraday time”.
Our primary results were awarded by “Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance”. In addition, we developed the primary results and have submitted it to the academic Journal.

Free Research Field

Economics