Measuring Inequality of Happiness in Nations: In Search for Proper Statistics

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Multidimensional poverty and inequality (2014, unknown): “As noted in the introduction, we cannot mechanically export the Pigou-Dalton principle of transfers which is central in income inequality analysis to other well-being dimensions, such as health (Bleichrodt and van Doorslaer, 2006), happiness (Kalmijn and Veenhoven, 2005), and literacy (Denny, 2002).”
Income inequality and happiness in 119 nations. In search for an optimum that does not appear to exist (2010, methodology): “The level of happiness was quantified using the average of responses in a nation and disparity in happiness was measured using the standard-deviation, following Kalmijn and Veenhoven (2005).”
Inequality Of Happiness in Nations (2005, background): “Kalmijn and Veenhoven (2005) take stock of various statistics of dispersion and inspect which of these are most appropriate for quantifying difference of happiness in nations.”
Return of Inequality in Modern Society? Test by Dispersion of Life-Satisfaction Across Time and Nations (2005, background): “The standard deviation appears to be one of the most suitable statistics for this purpose (Kalmijn and Veenhoven, 2005).”