This paper examines the role of status acquisition as a motive for giving in voluntary contributions to public goods …. In particular, every donor's status is given by the difference between his contribution and that of the other donor …. Specifically, I show that contributors give more than in standard models where status is not considered, and their donation is …

Case studies across the social sciences have established a positive relationship between social status and happiness …-shaped relation between status and happiness. The same trend is much less pronounced in data on 1000 individuals living in the state …