The Relationship between Status and Happiness: Evidence from the Caste System in Rural India
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- Van Landeghem, Bert & Vandeplas, Anneleen, 2018. "The relationship between status and happiness: Evidence from the caste system in rural India," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 62-71.
- Bert Van Landeghem & Anneleen Vandeplas, 2017. "The relationship between status and happiness: evidence from the caste system in rural India," Working Papers of LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance 610139, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance.
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Keywords
subjective well-being; happiness; social status; social comparison;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2017-11-12 (Development)
- NEP-HAP-2017-11-12 (Economics of Happiness)
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