Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/72663
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4222
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Many scholars have argued that once “basic needs” have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple datasets, multiple definitions of “basic needs” and multiple questions about well-being, we find no support for this claim. The relationship between well-being and income is roughly linear-log and does not diminish as incomes rise. If there is a satiation point, we are yet to reach it.
Subjects: 
subjective well-being
happiness
satiation
basic needs
Easterlin paradox
JEL: 
D60
I30
N30
O10
O40
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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