title: Happiness inequality: Adding meaning to numbers - A reply to Veenhoven and Kalmijn.
abstract: In SSR 40 (3), we proposed two new measures for happiness inequality, which have spurred a debate. With this rebuttal we disprove the arguments of our critics and demonstrate that our recommended measure, the percent-maximum standard deviation, is a valuable tool for cross-national comparative research.
authors.affiliation: Jacobs University Bremen, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Campus Ring 1, D-28759 Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delhey
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kohler