Existing work on the economics of well-being suggests that a person's subjective well-being depends to a large degree on his relative standing within his social environment. In this paper, we examine whether access to modern information and telecommunication technologies has an impact on...

This paper examines whether access to modern information technologies, in particular the internet, has an impact on invididual positionality - meaning the degree to which subjective well-being is affected by income relative to others rather than absolute income. We provide empirical evidence...

This paper examines whether access to modern information technologies, in particular the internet, has an impact on invididual positionality – meaning the degree to which subjective well-being is affected by income relative to others rather than absolute income. We provide empirical evidence...