Using massive online choice experiments to measure changes in well-being
Brynjolfsson first author, with Collis and Eggers. Incentive-compatible discrete-choice experiments paid participants only if they gave up a digital service for set periods, as a way of valuing goods that have no market price. The median user needed about 48 dollars to forgo Facebook for one month. The authors offer the method as a supplement to national income accounts, which do not capture these gains. The abstract gives no sample sizes.
Brynjolfsson first author, with Collis and Eggers. Incentive-compatible discrete-choice experiments paid participants only if they gave up a digital service for set periods, as a way of valuing goods that have no market price. The median user needed about 48 dollars to forgo Facebook for one month. The authors offer the method as a supplement to national income accounts, which do not capture these gains. The abstract gives no sample sizes.
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Brynjolfsson, E., Collis, A., & Eggers, F. (2019). Using massive online choice experiments to measure changes in well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(15), 7250-7255. doi:10.1073/pnas.1815663116.