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Do You Prefer Having More or More than Others? Survey Evidence on Positional Concerns in France

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  • Gilles Grolleau
  • Sandra Saïd

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We investigate whether positional concerns (Veblen [1899] 1970; Hirsch, 1976) vary along several dimensions and domains, namely goods vs. bads, private vs. public, oneself vs. oneself s children, socially visible vs. nonsocially visible. Using a hypothetical survey in France, we replicate the empirical strategy of Solnick and Hemenway (1998; 2005) and test a larger set of socio-demographic variables that can be related to positional concerns. Despite some differences, our results are mostly consistent with those of Solnick and Hemenway (1998; 2005). We emphasize some policy implications.

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  • Gilles Grolleau & Sandra Saïd, 2008. "Do You Prefer Having More or More than Others? Survey Evidence on Positional Concerns in France," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(4), pages 1145-1158, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:42:y:2008:i:4:p:1145-1158
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2008.11507206
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    1. Jérémy Celse, 2018. "Do You Enjoy Having More Than Others or More Than Another? Exploring the Relationship Between Relative Concerns and the Size of the Reference Group," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 138(3), pages 1089-1118, August.
    2. S. Wouters & N. Exel & M. Donk & K. Rohde & W. Brouwer, 2015. "Do people desire to be healthier than other people? A short note on positional concerns for health," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 16(1), pages 47-54, January.
    3. Jérémy Celse, 2009. "Will Joe the Plumber envy Bill Gates? The impact of both absolute and relative differences on interdependent preferences," Working Papers 09-26, LAMETA, Universtiy of Montpellier, revised Dec 2009.
    4. Dmitrij Minkin & Victoria Reyes-García, 2017. "Income and Wellbeing in a Society on the Verge to Market Integration: The Case of the Tsimane’ in the Bolivian Amazon," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 993-1011, August.

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