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dc.contributor.authorSenik, Claudiaen
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-05-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:22:16Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:22:16Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34311-
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides unheard direct evidence that comparisons exert a significant effect on subjective well-being. It also evaluates the relative importance of different types of benchmarks. Dynamic comparisons outweigh static ones. Internal benchmarks are more important than external reference groups. Local comparisons (to parents, former colleagues or school classmates) are more powerful than general comparisons such as my rank in the social ladder. The most important impact comes from the deterioration of my living standard and from under-performing my former schoolmates or colleagues. A possible interpretation is that comparisons benchmarks are all the more significant as they are interpreted in terms of seized or lost opportunities.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3195en
dc.subject.jelC25en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordSubjective well-beingen
dc.subject.keywordincome comparisonsen
dc.subject.keywordincome mobilityen
dc.subject.keywordinternal and external benchmarksen
dc.subject.keywordtransitionen
dc.subject.stwLebenszufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwEinkommensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwInterpersoneller Nutzenvergleichen
dc.subject.stwÜbergangswirtschaften
dc.subject.stwOsteuropaen
dc.titleDirect evidence on income comparisons and their welfare effects-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn551074817en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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