-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … positively linked to individual life satisfaction. This evidence supplements the scarce economic research on reference groups …

in terms of employment opportunities, labor market earnings, and access to tertiary education in Indonesia. With data … students in 1997 to examine their schooling and employment status in 2000. The findings demonstrate that: (1) attendance at … vocational secondary schools results in neither market advantage nor disadvantage in terms of employment opportunities and …

not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as "jobless …