variations in the underlying income type substantially affect tests of the relationship between life satisfaction, income rank …Theory suggests that subjective well-being is affected by income comparisons and adaptation to income. Empirical tests …, reference income, and income adaptation. Models simultaneously controlling for income and income rank as well as models with a …

variations in the underlying income type substantially affect tests of the relationship between life satisfaction, income rank …Theory suggests that subjective well-being is affected by income comparisons and adaptation to income. Empirical tests …, reference income, and income adaptation. Models simultaneously controlling for income and income rank as well as models with a …

This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using … novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find … for other reference groups, such as neighbours. Work-related income comparisons are mostly upwards and there is a strong …

This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using … novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find … for other reference groups, such as neighbours. Work-related income comparisons are mostly upwards and there is a strong …

This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using … novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find … for other reference groups, such as neighbours. Work-related income comparisons are mostly upwards and there is a strong …

The answer is that people's evaluations of their income situation are based on different considerations when the … of others undercuts the tendency for happiness to grow with an increase in one's own income, and happiness remains fairly … for income evaluations turns inward. "Financial hardship", the shortfall from one's own previous peak income, takes over …