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

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

European countries. Using the special module of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions micro-data on … well-being and national aggregates from the World Happiness Report, the vulnerability indicator used is shown to be … importance of income vulnerability for the middle class is on a par with (or even greater than) economic factors such as severe …