Relative status and satisfaction

被引：12

作者：

Boes, Stefan ^{[1
,2
]}

Staub, Kevin ^{[1
]}

Winkelmann, Rainer ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Zurich, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland

[2] IZA Bonn, Bonn, Germany

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2010年 / 109卷 / 03期

关键词：

Happiness; Income norms; Subjective well-being; INCOME; HAPPINESS; RANK;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2010.08.027

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper studies the effect of income rank on satisfaction We hypothesize that a person s satisfaction depends on a comparison of own rank and rank of one s parents Estimates using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel support the relative rank hypothesis (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved

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页码：168 / 170

页数：3

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