Happiness, Habits and High Rank : Comparisons in Economic and Social Life

The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation are actually found in a considerable variety of economic and social activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Clark, Andrew
Publisher:	[2011]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Zufriedenheit \| Satisfaction \| Lebensqualität \| Quality of life \| Theorie \| Theory \| Welt \| World \| Soziale Mobilität \| Social mobility \| Einkommen \| Income \| Interpersoneller Nutzenvergleich \| Interpersonal comparison of utility

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (42 p)
Series:	IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 5966
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1929666 [DOI]
Classification:	D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; H00 - Public Economics. General ; I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; J28 - Safety; Accidents; Industrial Health; Job Satisfaction, Related Public Policy
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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