Beyond the Joneses: Inter-country income comparisons and happiness

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-195

  Becchetti, Leonardo ^a   Castriota, Stefano ^a   Corrado, Luisa ^a,b   Ricca, Elena Giachin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Relative income; Standard of living

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879745508     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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