ɐ pˈeɪpɚɹ ɪn sˈaɪəns, kˈoʊˈɔːθɚd wɪð stˈiːv wˈuː, ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn, ʃˈoʊd ðæt əkɹˌɑːs ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts ðɛɹ ɪz ɐ mˈætʃ bᵻtwˌiːn sʌbdʒˈɛktɪv wˈɛlbˌiːɪŋ skˈoːɹz ænd ɑːbdʒˈɛktɪv mˈɛʒɚz.
A paper in Science, co-authored with Steve Wu, in 2010, showed that across the United States there is a match between subjective well-being scores and objective measures.