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Income Comparisons Among Neighbours and Satisfaction in East and West Germany

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  • Gundi Knies

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Social Indicators Research.

Volume (Year): 106 (2012)
Issue (Month): 3 (May)
Pages: 471-489

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Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:106:y:2012:i:3:p:471-489

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Keywords: Comparison income; Reference group; Life satisfaction; Neighbourhood effects; Panel data analysis;

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  1. Laszlo Goerke & Markus Pannenberg, 2013. "Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being," IAAEU Discussion Papers 201303, Institute of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU).
  2. Laszlo Goerke & Markus Pannenberg, 2013. "Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 549, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
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