Relative Income, Community Attachment and Subjective Well–Being: Evidence from Japan.
Summary: Income is one of the most important and well–studied determinants of subjective well–being (SWB), and empirical evidence indicates that there is a robust positive income effect on measures of SWB. However, evidence from previous studies is inconclusive regarding the impact of relative incom...
| Publicado en: | Kyklos Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 152 - 183 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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