Allowing for heterogeneity in monetary subjective well-being valuations
指出在将生活事件（如健康问题、婚姻变化）的幸福感影响货币化时，需使用更合适的统计方法，允许主观幸福感量表的异质性，并用英国数据提供了新的货币估值。
Recent research on 'happiness' regression equations has shown how monetary values can be put on the well-being effects of many life events (like health problems, marriage or the death of a spouse). Potentially, such work has practical implications for policy-makers and the courts. However, this article argues that we need to be careful in such work to use the appropriate statistical method. It goes beyond previous research and allows for heterogeneity in the subjective well-being scales. Using less restrictive models than the current literature, the article argues that standard linear or ordered response models seem consistently to overstate valuations. With data from the UK, it provides new monetary estimates of the well-being consequences of a number of health problems, social capital indicators, marital status changes and social relationships.