Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all
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...As noted by Easterlin (1995), if the relative income effect dominates the absolute income effect, this would explain why cross section data show that wealthier individuals within a society are happier, but that average SWB levels remain constant as all members become wealthier....
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...The following gives a brief summary of the model and evidence....
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...A number of ingenious experimental studies in social psychology have provided empirical support for this proposition (Brickman and Campbell, 1971; Diener, 1984). in income history might be expected to give rise to similar differences in living level norms -higher norms for the affluent and lower…...
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...Although the effect of income is often small when other factors are controlled, these other factors may be ones through which income could produce its effects. . . (Diener, 1984, p. 553; see also Andrews, 1986, p. xi; for a seemingly contrary reading of the literature, see Lane, 1993)....
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...Diener (1984) provides a valuable survey including more. recent work on both measurement and theory....
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...In a survey done by Diener (1984) of well over 200 studies on the measurement and determinants of subjective well-being only two references appear to articles in economics journals....
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...When Japan’s population near the start of this period is classified into three income groups, average happiness in the highest group is substantially greater than in the lowest (Easterlin, 1974, Table 5)....
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...The answer to this question can now be given with somewhat greater assurance than twenty years ago (Easterlin, 1973; Easterlin, 1974)....
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...Together with the results for the earlier part of the post-World War II period, the 3 Issues in the measurement of subjective well-being are discussed in Easterlin (1974)....
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...Clearly, major political events (war, political turmoil, revolution) may influence happiness (Easterlin, 1974)....
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...Eighteen European countries are included plus the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Argentina, and the Union of South Africa....
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...For the United States, on which the most work has been done, the most comprehensive studies of historical experience are those of Smith (1979) and Campbell (1981, ch. 3)....
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...Trends in life satisfaction in nine European countries from 1973 to 1989 are much like that just reported for happiness in the United States (Fig....
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...6 These observations on cultural influences on international happiness comparisons underscore the importance of national time series evidence, such as that emphasized 6 Some evidence from international comparisons suggests that cultural influences may also operate in a way observed in United States data....
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...An analysis of survey responses for blacks and whites in the United States indicates that blacks have a tendency to choose more extreme response categories (Bachman and O’Malley, 1984)....
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