Subjective Well-being, Income, and Ethnicity in Slovakia

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This paper utilizes two measures of subjective well-being to test a hypothesis that a marginal increase in subjective well-being associated with a marginal increase in income is larger for poorer than for richer populations. This hypothesis is examined in the setting of Slovak Roma, who are poor in comparison to the non-Roma population. The results suggest that the correlation between income and satisfaction is greater for the lower-income group (the Roma) than for the higher-income group (majority population). Further, the correlation between income and emotional well-being does not differ between the two groups.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 898

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: Satisfaction ; Emotional well-being ; Roma ; Income ; Poverty

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Želinský, Tomáš
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/235906
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET