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Luxury car owners are not happier than frugal car owners
Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam; Nash, Tim; Tursi, Natasha O. - In: International review of economics : journal of civil economy 62 (2015) 2, pp. 121-141
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Are pro-environmental consumption choices utility-maximizing? : evidence from subjective well-being data
Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2010 - Rev. version
This paper studies whether pro-environmental consumption choices are consistent with utility maximization and what role the consumption behavior of reference persons and one's own past behavior play in this context. By combining data on individuals' pro-environmental consumption from a unique...
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Relative status and satisfaction
Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic … children appear to compare their actual economic status with that of their parents, deriving large satisfaction gains from an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894168
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Relative status and satisfaction
Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic … children appear to compare their actual economic status with that of their parents, deriving large satisfaction gains from an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315482
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Lower in rank, but happier: the complex relationship between status and happiness
Van Landeghem, Bert G. M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - 2016
Case studies across the social sciences have established a positive relationship between social status and happiness. In observational data, however, identification challenges remain severe. This study exploits the fact that in India people are assigned a caste from birth. In data on 1000...
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The relationship between status and happiness : evidence from the caste system in rural India
Van Landeghem, Bert G. M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - 2017
A large number of empirical studies have investigated the link between social status and happiness, yet in observational data identification challenges remain severe. This study exploits the fact that in India people are assigned a caste from birth. Two identical surveys of household heads (each...
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Well-being inequality and reference groups : an agenda for new research
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2010
In this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals...
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Well-being inequality and reference groups : an agenda for new research
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2010 - Version March 3, 2010
In this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379637
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Measuring renewable energy externalities : evidence from subjective well-being data
Möllendorff, Charlotte von; Welsch, Heinz - 2015
Electricity from renewable sources avoids disadvantages of conventional power generation but often meets with local resistance due to visual, acoustic, and odor nuisance. We use representative panel data on the subjective well-being of 46,678 individuals in Germany, 1994 - 2012, for identifying...
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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...
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