We argue that the relationship between individual satisfaction with life (SWL) and SWL inequality is more complex than …

After increasing for years and reaching high levels, Brazil's subjective well-being deteriorated following the economic … contraction in 2015. Using data from the Gallup World Poll for the 2010s, this paper identifies the factors that underpin Brazil … income, financial security, economic optimism, satisfaction with living standards and health services, social capital …

they interact the most often. -- Income comparisons ; relative income ; reference groups ; happiness ; redistribution …

The first objective of our paper is to identify the determinants of income satisfaction in Spain, with one of these … being relative deprivation, and the second is to measure this relative deprivation, in both monetary and satisfaction terms … satisfaction measures depend on relative deprivation, as well as on other determinants. As for the second objective, we first …