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L'utilité est-elle relative ? Analyse à l'aide de données sur les ménages

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[spa] ¿ La utilidad es acaso relativa ? análisis mediante datos sobre las familias, . por Andrew Clark.. . En este estudio los datos recientes sacados de una encuesta hecha ante familias británicas se utilizan para contribuir al análisis de los efectos de comparaciones en el seno de la función de utilidad individual. La satisfacción en el trabajo es fuerte y negativamente en correlación con el salario del cónyuge, así como con el salario medio de los demás asalariados de la familia. Además, existe un "codo" en cuantoal nivel de salario propio del individuo : un salario bajo es tante menos satisfactorio cuanto que se sitúa por debajo del salario del cónjuge o del salarie medio de los demás asalariados de la familia. Estos resultados son coherentes con una evaluación relativa del ingreso, en donde el grupo de referencia incluye a los demás asalariados del hogar. [eng] Is Utility Relative? An Analysis Based on Household Data, . by Andrew Clark.. . This study uses recent data from a survey of British households to help analyze the effects of comparisons within the individual utility function. Job satisfaction is strongly and negatively correlated with the spouse's wage as well as with the average wage of the other wage earners in the household. Moreover, there is a kink at the level of the individual's wage: a low wage is all the more unsatisfactory when it is lower than the spouse's wage or the average wage of the other wage earners in the household. These results are consistent with a relative evaluation of income in which the reference group includes the other wage earners in the household. [fre] L'utilité est-elle relative ? Analyse à l'aide de données sur les ménages, . par Andrew Clark.. . Dans cette étude, les données récentes issues d'une enquête auprès des ménages britanniques sont utilisées pour contribuer à l'analyse des effets de comparaisons au sein de la fonction d'utilité individuelle. La satisfaction dans le travail est fortement et négativement corrélée avec le salaire du conjoint, ainsi que avec le salaire moyen des autres salariées du ménage. En outre, il existe un coude au niveau du salaire propre de l'individu : un salaire bas est d'autant moins satisfaisant lorsqu'il se situe au-dessous du salaire du conjoint ou du salaire moyen des autres salariés du ménage. Ces résultats sont cohérents avec une évaluation relative du revenu, où le groupe de référence comprend les autres salariés du ménage. [ger] Ist der Nutzen relativ? Eine Analyse anhand von Daten über die Privathaushalte, . von Andrew Clark.. . In dieser Studie werden die jüngsten Daten aus einer Erhebung bei britischen Privathaushalten für die Analyse der Vergleichseffekte in der Funktion des individuellen Nutzens verwandt. Die Zufriedenheit mit der Arbeit steht in einem engen und negativen Bezug zum Lohn des Ehepartners sowie zum Durchschnittslohn der anderen Arbeitnehmerinnen eines Privathaushaltes. Ferner gibt es beim eigenen Lohn des Individuums einen Knick, da ein niedriger Lohn um so weniger zufriedenstellt, als er unterhalb des Lohns des Ehepartners oder des Durchschnittslohns der anderen Arbeitnehmer des Haushaltes liegt. Diese Ergebnisse sind kohärent zu einer relativen Einkommensbewertung, wo die Bezugsgruppe auch die anderen Arbeitnehmer des Haushalts umfaßt.

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  • Andrew Clark, 1995. "L'utilité est-elle relative ? Analyse à l'aide de données sur les ménages," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 121(5), pages 151-164.
    • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecoprv:ecop_0249-4744_1995_num_121_5_6137
    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.1995.6137
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