Income and well-being: an empirical analysis of the comparison income effect

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the importance of ‘comparison income’ for individual well-being or happiness. In other words, the influence of the income of a reference group on individual well-being is examined. The main novelty is that various hypotheses are tested: the importance of...

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Volume:	89
Main Author:	Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	LAUSANNE Elsevier B.V 2005 ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA Elsevier
published in:	Journal of public economics Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 997 - 1019
ORCID:	0000-0001-8086-5941
Data of publication:	2005
ISSN:	0047-2727 1879-2316
EISSN:	1879-2316
Discipline:	Economics Mathematics Political Science
Series:	Journal of Public Economics
Subjects:	Subjective well-being Reference group Relative utility Interdependence of preferences Comparison income Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Economic aspects Influence Happiness Analysis Personal income United States Subjective well-being Reference group Relative utility Interdependence of preferences Comparison income I31 reference group relative utility PREFERENCES subjective well-being MODEL HAPPINESS UTILITY comparison income interdependence of preferences WELFARE FUNCTIONS
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2005 Web of Knowledge Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS