To perform a statistical analysis, you want an objective measure, and money is a great proxy for value. You can pay people to be frustrated and stressed. The i

To perform a statistical analysis, you want an objective measure, and money is a great proxy for value. You can pay people to be frustrated and stressed. The interesting thing about this definition, to me, is the Lake Wobegon-esque effect that statistically half of all jobs are "good" because they're above the median. A poverty level or inflation-adjusted absolute metric might be more useful; you could measure the effect of policies based on the reduction of or increase in the number of good jobs.