wealth accumulation, their holdings of financial assets, and the relative risk in their chosen asset portfolios that have … especially so at older ages. This research examines the association of cognitive skills with wealth, wealth growth, and wealth …

Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in … about well-being, we find no support for this claim. The relationship between well-being and income is roughly linear …

This paper studies the links between income, sexual behavior and reported happiness. It uses recent data on a random …. Greater income does not buy more sex, nor more sexual partners. The typical American has sexual intercourse 2-3 times a month …

the impact of health on the marginal utility of consumption can be estimated from data on permanent income, health, and …We estimate how the marginal utility of consumption varies with health. To do so, we develop a simple model in which … proxy for utility with measures of subjective well-being. We find robust evidence that the marginal utility of consumption …

of an agent's level of consumption depends on his legal income and initial level of wealth, as conspicuous consumption by … consumption monitoring and wealth is observed, the effect of higher wealth on equilibrium bribes is ambiguous (and that the …There are a large number of cases where corruption has been discovered investigating levels of consumption that appear …

consumption is rarely measured because its collection requires a great deal of survey time. As a result income has been widely … used to assess economic well-being and poverty rates. Yet, because households can use wealth to consume more than income … the relationship between income-based and consumption-based poverty measures. We find that the poverty rate based on …