{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Benjamin DJ"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS"],"pagination":["3498-3528"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4231441"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["104(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["We survey 561 students from U.S. medical schools shortly after they submit choice rankings over residencies to the National Resident Matching Program. We elicit (<i>a</i>) these choice rankings, (<i>b</i>) anticipated subjective well-being (SWB) rankings, and (<i>c</i>) expected features of the residencies (such as prestige). We find substantial differences between choice and anticipated-SWB rankings in the implied tradeoffs between residency features. In our data, evaluative SWB measures (life satisfaction and Cantril's ladder) imply tradeoffs closer to choice than does affective happiness (even time-integrated), and as close as do multi-measure SWB indices. We discuss implications for using SWB data in applied work."],"journal":["The American economic review"],"pubmed_title":["Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred From Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices."],"pmcid":["PMC4231441"],"funding_grant_id":["T32 AG000186","R01 AG020717","R01 AG040787"],"pubmed_authors":["Heffetz O","Kimball MS","Benjamin DJ","Rees-Jones A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred From Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices.","description":"We survey 561 students from U.S. medical schools shortly after they submit choice rankings over residencies to the National Resident Matching Program. We elicit (<i>a</i>) these choice rankings, (<i>b</i>) anticipated subjective well-being (SWB) rankings, and (<i>c</i>) expected features of the residencies (such as prestige). We find substantial differences between choice and anticipated-SWB rankings in the implied tradeoffs between residency features. In our data, evaluative SWB measures (life satisfaction and Cantril's ladder) imply tradeoffs closer to choice than does affective happiness (even time-integrated), and as close as do multi-measure SWB indices. We discuss implications for using SWB data in applied work.","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 Nov","modification":"2025-07-02T03:04:35.465Z","creation":"2025-07-02T03:04:35.465Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4231441","cross_references":{"pubmed":["25404759"],"doi":["10.1257/aer.104.11.3498"]}}