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.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 452
- Klassifikation
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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
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comparison
habituation
income
unemployment
marriage
divorce
health
religion
policy
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Clark, Andrew E.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:24 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Clark, Andrew E.
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2012