The role of income aspirations in individual happiness

By Alois Stutzer. 2004

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Relative Income Position and Performance: An Empirical Panel Analysis (2006, neutral): “…and Oswald 1996, Watson et al. 1996, Groot and van den Brink 1999, Tsou and Liu 2001, McBride 2001, Lyubomirsky 2001, Frey and Stutzer 2002a,b, Stutzer 2004, Kingdon and Knight 2004, Layard 2003, Luttmer 2005, Ferrer-i-Carbonell 2005, Dorn et al. 2005) has found strong empirical support for…”
Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being (2011, result): “The relation between income and happiness has attracted widespread attention, especially among economists and research results reveal intricate relationships (see e.g. Clark et al, 2008b; Easterlin, 1995; 2001; Easterlin et al, 2010; Ferreri-Carbonell, 2005; Kahneman et al, 2006; Stutzer, 2004).”
Can the Large Swings in Russian Life Satisfaction be Explained by Ups and Downs in Real Incomes (2006, positive): “Clark (2003), Lalive and Stutzer (2004) and Shields and Wheatley Price (2004) have all found evidence that the detrimental effect of being unemployed on life satisfaction is smaller if there are many others in the same geographical area who are also unemployed.”
On the relations among work value orientations, psychological need satisfaction and job outcomes: A self-determination theory approach. (2007, background): “A similar paradox has been observed by various economists (e.g. Easterlin, 1995; Stutzer, 2004).”
Some Costs of American Corporate Capitalism: A Psychological Exploration of Value and Goal Conflicts (2007, background): “Indeed, the research bears this out fairly well with regard to both individual and national improvements in wealth (eg, Stutzer, 2004 ).”
The Conflictive Relationship between Satisfaction and Income (2008, positive): “Analyzing the subjective well-being of Latin Americans in cities of different sizes, Felson and Graham (2006) 26 Stutzer (2004), McBride (2005), and Senik (2006). found that relative income is not a significant influence for people who live in small localities (up to 5,000 inhabitants), but it is…”
Does Economic Growth Raise Happiness in China? (2011, background): “There is also evidence-based research showing that aspirations are important to subjective well-being (Stutzer, 2004; Di Tella et al., 2003).”
Life satisfaction and economic conditions in East and West Germany pre- and post-unification (2008, background): “4 the emphasis has shifted towards the importance of relative income (see, for example, the references above; Blanchflower and Oswald, 2004; Easterlin, 1974, 1995, 2005; Stutzer, 2004; and the special issue of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2001).”
Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel (2010, neutral): “Occupational prestige is a measure that captures either a relationship of deference or derogation between role incumbents, or the general desirability or goodness of an occupation (see Siegel, 1971).”