Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Our main conclusion is that family background appears to exert greater influence on economic …

decision only, and relative income is tied to marital status even for those living with a partner and children. Relative income …In this paper we investigate the effect of relative income on marital status. We develop an identity model based on … hypothesize that the "marriage ideal" is determined by the median income in an individual's local reference group. After …

education. Conversely, little of the SES difference appears to be propagated through family income, marital status, number of … children, or the set of health behaviors we control for. However, approximately half of the SES-weight correlation persists …

We study "habituation" to income and to status using individual panel data on the happiness of 7,812 people living in … Germany from 1984 to 2000. Specifically, we estimate a "happiness equation" defined over several lags of income and status and … compare the long run effects. We can (cannot) reject the hypothesis of no adaptation to income (status) during the four years …

are in much worse health than those at the top. This health gradient exists whether education, income, or financial wealth …, feedbacks from new health events to household income are one of the reasons that underlie the strength of the income gradient …

occupational prestige is explained almost entirely by shared education, and sibling resemblance in family income is explained … other socioeconomic outcomes. Second, across the life course, siblings converge in earnings and income and maintain stable … earnings and income than nonblack siblings overall, but black siblings dramatically converge in income across the life course …

-birthweight children. This targeting heavily oversampled twins, whose outcomes differed significantly from singletons'. Singletons' gains …-term gains and negative age-18 impacts. These outcome differences arise from differences in parents' response to the program. A …