argued that taking over the privileges of the former colonialists would be regarded as an authenticating mark of status for … effect of the enhanced economic status of the new elite in Zimbabwe is a tendency to eschew extended family support which is …

This paper shows that households with positional concerns and convex status utility use gambling to attempt … Germany, proxying the status orientation of households by their expenditures for conspicuous consumption. Our empirical … results strongly indicate that households who care about status are more likely to participate in gambling and invest more in …

, leading to status consumption and wasteful gift giving. The screening activity is costly not only for the potential husband … money") benefits the candidate but also the woman, and reduces wasteful status consumption spending. Also, aging and …

This paper proposes a screening approach to explain why dating is associated with purchasing status products and …

This paper analyses incomes and socioeconomic status of internal migrants over time and in comparison to their new … neighbors and investigates whether status consumption is a way for newly arrived city dwellers to signal their social standing …. Using a novel dataset from the emerging economy of Kazakhstan we find that internal migrants earn an income and status …