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Does Envy Destroy Social Fundamentals? The Impact of Relative Income Position on Social Capital

Torgler, Benno; Fischer, Justina A.V. - 2006

Social Survey Programme data from 25 countries. We find support for a positional concern effect or 'envy' whose magnitude in …

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Does Envy Destroy Social Fundamentals? The Impact of Relative Income Position on Social Capital

Fischer, Justina A.V.; Torgler, Benno - 2006

Social Survey Programme data from 25 countries. We find support for a positional concern effect or ?envy? whose magnitude in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168234

Social Capital and Relative Income Concerns: Evidence from 26 Countries

Fischer, Justina A.V.; Torgler, Benno - 2007

Research evidence on the impact of relative income position on individuals' attitudes and behaviour is sorely lacking. Therefore, using the International Social Survey Programme 1998 data from 26 countries this paper investigates the impact of relative income on 14 measurements of social...

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Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe

Easterlin, Richard A.; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2023

In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs— increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …

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The socio political demography of happiness

Peltzman, Sam - 2023

Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults "[are] you very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?" Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic dimensions: age,...

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Relative Income Position and Performance: An Empirical Panel Analysis

Torgler, Benno; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Frey, Bruno S. - 2006

Many studies have established that people care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely, as standard economic theory assumes, about their absolute economic position. However, behavioral evidence is rare. This paper provides an empirical analysis on how individuals'...

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Relative Income Position and Performance: An Empirical Panel Analysis

Torgler, Benno; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Frey, Bruno S. - 2006

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The Power of Positional Concerns: A Panel Analysis

Torgler, Benno; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Frey, Bruno S. - 2006

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Die Auswirkungen von Neid auf individuelle Leistungen: Ergebnisse einer Panelanalyse

Schmidt, Sascha L.; Torgler, Benno; Frey, Bruno S. - 2006

Relative income differences are likely to lead to envy within a reference group. Envy in turn influences social …

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Looking Awkward When Winning and Foolish When Losing: Inequity Aversion and Performance in the Field

Torgler, Benno; Schaffner, Markus; Frey, Bruno S.; … - 2008

The experimental literature and studies using survey data have established that people care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely, as standard economic theory assumes, about their absolute economic position. Individuals are concerned about social comparisons....

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