| Abstract: |
Subjective questions on welfare, such as satisfaction with particular welfare
dimensions, areincreasingly being used to measure changes in well-being during
crises. Although subjective questions on welfare havewell-known limitations,
it is possible that analyzing changes in response to large events can address
some ofthese concerns. However, this paper illustrates a new difficulty in
interpreting changes in such measures intumultuous circumstances.
Specifically, crises can impact both the scale with which households report
their subjectiveassessments and the behaviors from which deprivations are
traditionally inferred, and it is unclear how wellsubjective measures align
with traditional welfare metrics in such a setting. This paper demonstrates
the importance ofthis issue following the onset of the conflict in the
Republic of Yemen, which caused large declines in nearly alltraditional
measures of well-being. However, the findings show that households reported a
large increase insatisfaction in the same welfare dimensions where
deprivations increased. |