Satisfaction and comparison income

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-381

  Clark, Andrew E ^a   Oswald, Andrew J ^b,c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison income; Education; Empirical estimation; Job satisfaction; Relative utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030240159     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01564-7     Document Type: Article

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