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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Relative status and satisfaction |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Economics Letters |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0165-1765 |
| Volume | 109 |
| Number | 3 |
| Page Range | 168 - 170 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Abstract Text | This paper studies the effect of income rank on satisfaction. We hypothesize that a person's satisfaction depends on a comparison of own rank and rank of one's parents. Estimates using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel support the relative rank hypothesis. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.08.027 |
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