This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using … novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find … for other reference groups, such as neighbours. Work-related income comparisons are mostly upwards and there is a strong …

We present a psychological model of stress. Appraisal translates stressors into subjective stress. Stress reduces …-consistent personality and environment. We explain when stressors reduce income. We also explain under which conditions rising income does … not go hand in hand with rising stress. First steps towards a theory of therapy show how stressed individuals can improve …

How do sudden, large wealth losses affect mental health? Most prior studies of the causal effects of material well …-being on health use identification strategies involving income increases; these studies as well as prior research on stock … market accumulations may not inform this question if the effect of wealth on health is asymmetric. We use exogenous variation …

in observable labor market conditions, by increasing stress on the job and worsening expectations about the future. …

between income inequality, group-specific income redistribution, and subjective well-being among China's urban, rural, and … significantly impact Chinese people. By contrast, a larger income gap between urban and rural residents is positively correlated … their own future income. Compared to migrants, however, our results hint at a negative status effect for the rural residents …

higher income level raises happiness, however, only to a small extent. …