Household Finances and Well-Being: An Empirical Analysis of Comparison Effects
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- Brown, Sarah & Gray, Daniel, 2014. "Household Finances and Well-Being: An Empirical Analysis of Comparison Effects," IZA Discussion Papers 8530, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
financial satisfaction; fixed effects ordered logit; household finances; overall life satisfaction; subjective prosperity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2014-10-13 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-EUR-2014-10-13 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HAP-2014-10-13 (Economics of Happiness)
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