learn and potentially improve their status (rank). We find that people express both intrinsic motivation and a taste for …

We propose a Bayesian factor analysis model to rank the health of localities. Mortality and morbidity variables … empirically contribute to the resulting rank, and population and spatial correlation are incorporated into a measure of …

the individual’s own in-class rank. …

being employed as a worker of high rank. There is relatively little income inequality among workers of high rank as well as … attain middle rank including middle rank of professional and cadre (Kezhang). This aspect of the Chinese labor force has … and western China for 1995 and 2002. For 2002, persons of high rank make up 3 percent and persons of middle rank make up …

What makes workers happy? Here we argue that pure ‘rank’ matters. It is currently believed that wellbeing is determined … an analysis of a survey of 16,000 employees’ wage satisfaction ratings. We find evidence of rank-dependence in workers …

the relative rank in the local income distribution in our model. At the street-level, we find a negative association …

. The individual’s rank in the income distribution is a stronger determinant of effort than others’ average income …: those who received higher income offers or had higher income rank in the past exert lower levels of effort for a given … current income and rank. …

there is a tradeoff as to efficiency and inequality with respect to services that are contracted to private companies in a …

rank and group size, and relative gains from killing or enslaving Caesar. Further results suggest that Caesar will be …