Why Does Happiness Respond Differently to an Increase vs. Decrease in Income?
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Keywords
recession; happiness; life satisfaction; subjective well-being; economic growth; social comparison; GDP; income; easterlin paradox; financial hardship;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2021-08-30 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-ISF-2021-08-30 (Islamic Finance)
- NEP-LTV-2021-08-30 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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