There is now a great deal of micro-econometric evidence, both cross-section and panel, showing that income is … measures of utility, and resolve the Easterlin paradox by appealing to income comparisons: these can be to others (social …

factors, the shadow price or income-equivalence of such exposure is £16,000 (US$30,000) per year. A further policy … income and child health. …

by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income …

In this paper we investigate if there was a causal effect of changes in current and 'permanent' income on the health of … income and health, the fixed-effects methodology additionally enables us to controlfor individual unobservable heterogeneity … the panel if the unhealthy are more likely to drop out of the sample. Using cross-sectional variations in income and …

by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income …

Using longitudinal income-tax registers, we study how past labour market outcomes affect current labour market … welfare/non-participation. Our main finding is that after longer periods of employment with high income, individuals …

life-style choices (drinking, smoking, exercise) and income on six measures of health in the US Health and Retirement Study …

In this paper we investigate if there was a causal effect of changes in current and 'permanent' income on the health of … income and health, the fixed-effects methodology additionally enables us to control for individual unobservable heterogeneity … the panel if the unhealthy are more likely to drop out of the sample. Using cross-sectional variations in income and …

in GNP per head. At the same time, a micro literature has typically found positive correlations between individual income … presence of relative income terms in the utility function. Income may be evaluated relative to others (social comparison) or to … oneself in the past (habituation). We review the evidence on relative income from the subjective well-being literature. We …