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Economic growth evens-out happiness: evidence from six surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … share of both the “very unhappy” and the “perfectly happy”. Lower happiness inequality is found both between and within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126047
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The Full Returns to the Choice of Occupation and Education
Clark, Andrew E.; Cotofan, Maria; Layard, Richard - 2022
the value of non-pecuniary rewards, in 90 different occupations. Labour-market inequality is underestimated: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351818
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Economic inequality and subjective well-being across the world
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2018
We here use repeated cross-section data from the Afrobarometer, Asianbarometer Latinobarometer, and Eurobarometer to analyse the variables that are correlated with both current and future evaluations of standards of living. These are related not only to an individual's own economic resources but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146467
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The full returns to the choice of occupation and education
Clark, Andrew E.; Cotofan, Maria; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2022
the value of non-pecuniary rewards, in 90 different occupations. Labour-market inequality is underestimated: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198631
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Economic inequality and subjective well-being across the world
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2018
We here use repeated cross-section data from the Afrobarometer, Asianbarometer Latinobarometer, and Eurobarometer to analyse the variables that are correlated with both current and future evaluations of standards of living. These are related not only to an individual's own economic resources but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947084
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Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2014
We review the survey and experimental findings in the literature on attitudes to income inequality. We interpret the … the individual's disinterested evaluation of income inequality; on the contrary, the second view reflects self …-interest, as individual's inequality attitudes depend not only on how much income they receive but also on how much they receive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352288
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Happiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life
Clark, Andrew E. - 2011
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280689
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Happiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life
Clark, Andrew E. - 2012
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286974
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Happiness, habits and high rank : comparisons in economic and social life
Clark, Andrew E. - 2012
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009557657
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Happiness, habits and high rank : comparisons in economic and social life
Clark, Andrew E. - 2011
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009408713