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Does Relative Income Matter? Are the Critics Right?
Layard, Peter R. G. - 2009
income. 2) In the West German Socio-Economic Panel since 1984 the same is true but with life satisfaction as the dependant … variable. We also use the Panel to compare the effect of income comparisons and of adaptation as factors explaining the stable … - further supporting the view that comparisons matter. 4) Finally, for a panel of European countries since 1973 we estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157583
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The Marginal Utility of Income
Layard, Richard - 2008
inequality. We estimate this parameter using four large cross-sectional surveys of subjective happiness and two panel surveys …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725445
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Late-Life Decline in Well-Being Across Adulthood in Germany, the UK, and the US : Something is Seriously Wrong at the End of Life
Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Mayraz, Guy; Hidajat, Mira; … - 2010
Throughout adulthood and old age, levels of well-being appear to remain relatively stable. However, evidence is emerging that late in life well-being declines considerably. Using long-term longitudinal data of deceased participants in national samples from Germany, the UK, and the US, we examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014196201
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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income - Perceptions and Evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009
questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel Study we ask …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203865
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Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?
Fleche, Sarah - 2015
Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016868