in GNP per head. At the same time, a micro literature has typically found positive correlations between individual income … presence of relative income terms in the utility function. Income may be evaluated relative to others (social comparison) or to … oneself in the past (habituation). We review the evidence on relative income from the subjective well-being literature. We …

The socio-economic gradient in health remains a controversial topic in economics and other social sciences. In this … paper we develop a new duration model that allows for unobserved persistent individual-specific health shocks and provides … by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and …

income and child health. …Passive smoking is a major public health issue. This paper documents the main risk factors that determine children … exposure on child health. Such information is valuable to policy-makers when deciding upon the amount of resources to direct …

Using longitudinal income-tax registers, we study how past labour market outcomes affect current labour market … welfare/non-participation. Our main finding is that after longer periods of employment with high income, individuals …