Social comparisons, health and well-being

Health and well-being are socially determined. One of the ways in which this comes about is via social comparisons with other individuals in the same personal, geographic or social networks, with the comparisons referring either to income or other aspects of economic and social life. The existence of such comparison effects with respect to income may help to explain the social gradient in health.

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Year of publication:	2013-08
Authors:	Clark, Andrew E.
Institutions:	London School of Economics (LSE)
Subject:	well-being \| comparisons \| income \| unemployment \| divorce \| religion \| social health gradient

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	LSE Research Online Documents on Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, August, 2013, 61(Supp.3), pp. S184-S188. ISSN: 0398-7620
Classification:	N0 - Economic History. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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