Happiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life

Arbeitspapier

The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation are actually found in a considerable variety of economic and social activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5966

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Public Economics: General ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse ; Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
• Thema: comparison ; habituation ; income ; unemployment ; marriage ; divorce ; health ; religion ; policy ; Zufriedenheit ; Lebensqualität ; Einkommen ; Interpersoneller Nutzenvergleich ; Soziale Mobilität ; Theorie ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Clark, Andrew E.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/55083
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201110053406
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ