Subjective well-being (SWB) is generally argued to rise with relative income. However, direct evidence is scarce on … whether and how intensively individuals undertake income comparisons, to whom they relate, and what they perceive their … relative income to be. In this paper, novel data with direct information on income comparison intensity and perceived relative …

Recent studies focused on testing the Easterlin hypothesis (happiness and national income correlate in the cross … presented in Stevenson and Wolfers (2008, BROOKINGS PAP ECO AC), we now count three exceptions supporting Easterlin s happiness-income …

internet as a source of information derive relatively less life satisfaction from the same level of income. Using panel data … from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, we show that households in possession of a computer … report needing significantly higher levels of income to make 'ends meet', given their actual level of income and a wide range …

theory predicts that individuals migrate towards urban agglomerations, if the potential gain in income is sufficient to cover …