Inequality and happiness: Insights from Latin America

By Carol Graham, A. Felton. 2006

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Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Does Economic Growth Raise Happiness in China? (2011, result): “In contrast to these arguments, there is now a considerable literature providing evidence—largely for advanced economies—that happiness is sensitive to relative income (e.g. Frank, 1997; Clark & Oswald, 1998; Frey & Stutzer, 2002; Luttmer, 2004; Graham & Felton, 2006; Clark et al., 2008).”
Inequality and Happiness (2012, background): “Graham and Felton (2005) use cross-sectional data for 17 Latin American countries included in the latinobarómetro mostly from the 2004 wave.”
Life Satisfaction and Income Inequality (2011, unknown): “A study by Alesina et al. (2004) found that individuals tend to be less happy if inequality is high, but that this effect is stronger in the EU than in the U.S.”
Personal Well-being in Urban China (2009, unknown): “Luttmer 2005, Graham & Felton, 2006).”
Income Inequality and Subjective Wellbeing: Trends, Challenges, and Research Directions (2016, background): “2011; Schwarze and Härpfer 2007; Tomes 1986; Verme 2011) or no significant outcomes whatsoever (Graham and Felton 2006; Helliwell 2003; Senik 2004; Veenhoven 2005).”
Inequality in China: An Overview (2013, unknown): “The ﬁnding that subjective well-being in China is sensitive to relative income is in line with the evidence for many countries (surveyed by Clark et al. 2008, and by Graham and Felton 2006).”
Valuation Techniques for Social Cost-Benefit Analysis: (2011, background): “There is empirical evidence that relativities in income matter to well-being (Blanchflower and Oswald, 2004; Easterlin, 1974; Easterlin, 1995, 2001a; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, 2005; Graham and Felton, 2006; Luttmer, 2005; McBride, 2001).”
When Does Economic Growth Improve Life Satisfaction? Multilevel Analysis of the Roles of Social Trust and Income Inequality in 46 Countries, 1981–2012 (2017, background): “Indeed, empirical studies suggest that when economic growth is accompanied by increasing income inequality, social linkages and feelings of solidarity and cooperation weaken, leading to an erosion of both social capital and subjective well-being (Josten, 2004; Alesina and La Ferrara, 2006; Kawachi e”
Identity, Inequality, and Happiness: Evidence from Urban China (2012, background): “In other work, McBride (2001) and Luttmer (2005) revealed that people could be unhappy because of a decline in their income relative to their social group, while Rousseau (2009) and Graham and Felton (2005) proved that an increase in the income gap would lower subjective wellbeing. Finally, Knight, ”
Inequality and Happiness: When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality do not Match (2010, unknown): “Recent indices such as that developed by Graham and Felton (2006) cannot be constructed from the WVS.”
Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles (2008, unknown): “Graham and Felton (2006) replicate this finding across 18 Latin American countries. Helliwell and Huang (2005) is in the same vein, calculating average household income by census tract in Canadian GSS data.”
Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries? (2011, background): “Regarding the direct estimation of individual well-being, Graham and Felton (2006) have replicated the finding of a negative effect of regional income on individual well-being across 18 Latin American countries.”