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dc.contributor.authorClark, Andrew E.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-06-
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-11T17:18:53Z-
dc.date.available2012-07-11T17:18:53Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/59612-
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research |x452en
dc.subject.jelD01en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelH00en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.jelJ12en
dc.subject.jelJ28en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcomparisonen
dc.subject.keywordhabituationen
dc.subject.keywordincomeen
dc.subject.keywordunemploymenten
dc.subject.keywordmarriageen
dc.subject.keyworddivorceen
dc.subject.keywordhealthen
dc.subject.keywordreligionen
dc.subject.keywordpolicyen
dc.titleHappiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn719052645en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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