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New PNAS paper: Income is a poor way to improve well-being

3 pointsby viburnumover 4 years ago

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throw0101aover 4 years ago
From the author&#x27;s tweets:<p>This new paper actually makes conclusions that are the opposite of what their own data shows:<p>&gt; <i>Two things to note here. (1) the x-axis is logarithmic. There&#x27;s a HUGE difference in income between the rightmost points. (2) the y-axis spans a TINY effect size. And TINY &#x2F; HUGE = EVEN TINIER. 3&#x2F;7</i><p>&gt; <i>A randomly sampled highest-income participant ($480.000) would have </i>lower* well-being than a randomly sampled lowest-income participant ($15.000) 25% and 33% of the time for the two outcome measures. Income explains 1.5% and 4% of the variance. 5&#x2F;7*<p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jonaslindeloev&#x2F;status&#x2F;1353834264756965377" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jonaslindeloev&#x2F;status&#x2F;135383426475696537...</a>