Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/150907 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research No. 362
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract (Translated): 
In this study the relation between satisfaction with life and affluent income is analyzed by using cross-sectional and longitudinal data. The data used in this publication were made available by the German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin. A period from 2002-2008 is examined. The focus lies on the effects social treadmill has on life satisfaction for humans with high income. A key result of the fixed-effect-regression is the following: There is a significant effect relative income has on the contentment with life for affluent people, whereas considerable gender-specific discrepancies can be observed.
Subjects: 
Lebenszufriedenheit
Einkommensreichtum
Social Treadmill
Einkommensvergleiche
Referenzgruppe
SOEP
Fixed-effects
JEL: 
D31
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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