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Local neighbors as positives, regional neighbors as negatives : competing channels in the relationship between others' income, health, and happiness
Ifcher, John; Zarghamee, Homa; Graham, Carol - 2016
We develop a theoretical framework that considers four distinct explanatory channels through which neighbors' income could affect utility: public goods, cost of living, expectations of future income, and the direct effect (relative income hypothesis (RIH) and altruism). The relationship is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476321
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Relative income and happiness : an Experiment
Ifcher, John; Zarghamee, Homa S.; Houser, Daniel; Diaz, Lina - 2018
John Stuart Mill claimed that "men do not desire merely to be rich, but richer than other men." Do people desire to be richer than others? Or is it that people desire favorable comparisons to others more generally, and being richer is merely a proxy for this ineffable relativity? We conduct an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902869
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302716
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422202
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Going beyond average Joe's Happiness: Using quantile regressions to analyze the full subjective well-being distribution
Binder, Martin; Coad, Alex - 2010
distribution: studies based on such regression techniques thus are implicitly only interested in Average Joe's happiness. Using … analyze effects of a set of explanatory variables on different quantiles of the happiness distribution and compare these … results with an ordinary least squares regression. We also analyze some reversed relationships, where happiness enters the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281851
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285804
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian (contributor);  … - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919804
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Direct evidence for income comparisons and subjective well-being across reference groups
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015 - Substantially rev. version
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 negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011344536
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Direct evidence for income comparisons and subjective well-being across reference groups
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015
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 negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346880
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Direct evidence for income comparisons and subjective well-being across reference groups
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015
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 negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347274