. It was hypothesised that a greater association might be found between satisfaction and equality of income distribution … rather than between satisfaction and size of income. The interrelationship between wealth (GDPpc), equality of income and … mean satisfaction for fifteen EU states was assessed over a four year period (1995-1998). Equality of income was …

-being, the functional forms relying on income adaptation and social comparisons put forward in the happiness literature fail to … receive empirical validation. Under the income adaptation conjecture, utility functions that can convert the kind of economic … observed in individual level regressions. Functions that represent the preferences of agents who compare their income with the …

in this area raised doubts about the premise of neoclassical economics that additional income increases utility …-assessed satisfaction level depends not only on current resources (income); comparisons with other people and situations in the past have … data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to analyze the impact of inter- and intrapersonal income comparisons on …

rising per capita income levels, thereby rather confronting the expectations of orthodox economics. One focus of this … light on this seemingly paradoxical relationship between income and happiness. ‘Happiness’ remains an elusive concept, and … whether the relationship between income and subjective well-being is subject to a satiation or ‘basic needs’ point. This …