. We assume that the supporters of the Koizumi cabinet had an expectation of upward income mobility via the market. On this … relative income differ between supporters and non-supporters of the Koizumi cabinet. Key findings are as follows: within the … Koizumi cabinet period, a relatively low-income position is negatively related to happiness for non-LDP supporters but not for …

, and to undertake a primary competitor analysis of New Zealand. The purpose of the paper is to estimate the income, price …

determinants of annual income, which were found in agreeableness among male workers. Agreeableness seemed to contribute to annual … income in Japanese men, whereas it acted as a penalty in American men. In both countries, higher agreeableness tended to … translate into higher income for those working at large companies (1,000 employees or more) compared with those working at small …

We consider a two good world where an individual i with income mi has utility function u (x, y), where x ∈ [0, ∞) and y … of his income. Then we consider the following problem. Suppose good x is available in a store at a fixed price 1. Good y …

Economists have long been aware of utility externalities such as a tendency to compare own income with others'. If … welfare losses from income comparisons are significant, any governmental interventions that alter such attitudes may have … guidance about the possible negative consequences of one making such an income comparison -- leads UK respondents to make more …