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Social Capital and Relative Income Concerns: Evidence from 26 Countries
Fischer, Justina A.V.; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2007
Research evidence on the impact of relative income position on individuals? attitudes and behaviour is sorely lacking. Therefore, using the International Social Survey Programme 1998 data from 26 countries this paper investigates the impact of relative income on 14 measurements of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162601
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Social capital and relative income concerns: evidence from 26 countries
Fischer, Justina A.V.; Torgler, Benno - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2007
Research evidence on the impact of relative income position on individuals’ attitudes and behaviour is sorely lacking. Therefore, using the International Social Survey Programme 1998 data from 26 countries this paper investigates the impact of relative income on 14 measurements of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005453976
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Explaining happiness trends in Europe
Easterlin, Richard A.; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2023
In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013502264
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The socio political demography of happiness
Peltzman, Sam - 2023
Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults "… [are] you…very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?" Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321906
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Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe
Easterlin, Richard A.; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2023
In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs— increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296648
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The socio political demography of happiness
Peltzman, Sam - 2023
Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults "[are] you very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?" Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic dimensions: age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014328228
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Do Positional Concerns Destroy Social Capital: Evidence from 26 Countries
Fischer, Justina A.V.; Torgler, Benno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Research on the effects of positional concerns on individuals’ attitudes and behavior is sorely lacking. To address this deficiency, we use the International Social Survey Programme 1998 data on 25’000 individuals from 26 countries to investigate the impact of relative income position on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836724
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Do Positional Concerns Destroy Social Capital: Evidence from 26 Countries
Fischer, Justina A V; Torgler, Benno - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2011
Research on the effects of positional concerns on individuals’ attitudes and behavior is sorely lacking. To address this deficiency, we use the International Social Survey Programme 1998 data on 25’000 individuals from 26 countries to investigate the impact of relative income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853881
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Relative Income Position and Performance: An Empirical Panel Analysis
Torgler, Benno; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Frey, Bruno S. - 2006
Many studies have established that people care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely, as standard economic theory assumes, about their absolute economic position. However, behavioral evidence is rare. This paper provides an empirical analysis on how individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312389
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Relative Income Position and Performance: An Empirical Panel Analysis
Torgler, Benno; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Frey, Bruno S. - 2006
Many studies have established that people care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely, as standard economic theory assumes, about their absolute economic position. However, behavioral evidence is rare. This paper provides an empirical analysis on how individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168233