of everyone else. According to the income comparisons model, this change in transparency can widen the gap in well … this effect relates to changes in self-perceptions of relative income. We provide back-of-the-envelope estimates of the … importance of income comparisons, and discuss implications for the ongoing debate on transparency policies …

short run and on academic test scores, employment, and income in the long run, while suggesting that most parents will not …

earnings and family income. We find few differences in estimated gains by baseline health and occupation characteristics …

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 … comparing income with others may diminish welfare even when income levels increase makes UK respondents compare incomes more …

We estimate the trend in the transitory variance of male earnings in the U.S. using the Michigan Panel Study of Income …

service on health and income. This research has shown that effects of veteran status on mortality and earnings that appeared …

explained by the positive association between height and both income and education, both of which are positively linked to …