income, demographics and social capital. The increase in social capital predicts the largest positive change in subjective … well-being. Income growth, also predicts a substantial change in subjective well-being, but it is compensated for about … three fourths by the joint negative predictions due to income comparison and income adaptation. Finally, we find that aging …

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

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

disposable income and a gain of leisure time - and the psychological (and cultural) notion of the lonely, sad empty nester. This …

disposable income and a gain of leisure time - and the psychological (and cultural) notion of the lonely, sad empty nester. This …

U.S. income inequality has risen dramatically in recent decades. Researchers consistently find that greater income … SWB data from the U.S. Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index and income inequality data from the American Community Survey …-dependent and measure-dependent: income inequality is SWB-diminishing in large regions for all measures, SWB-diminishing in small …

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 … subjective well-being (SWB) data from the U.S. Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index and geographically-based median-income data …