Arbeitspapier

Happiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life

The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation are actually found in a considerable variety of economic and social activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 452

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Public Economics: General
General Welfare; Well-Being
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Thema
comparison
habituation
income
unemployment
marriage
divorce
health
religion
policy

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Clark, Andrew E.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2012

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  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Clark, Andrew E.
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Entstanden

  • 2012

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