Subjective Well-Being: Keeping Up with the Perception of the Joneses

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-469

  Guven, Cahit ^a   Sørensen, Bent E ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Perceptions; Social comparison; Status

Indexed keywords

CLASS; INCOME; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868001735     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9910-x     Document Type: Article

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