Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
Babette Pouwels, Jacques Siegers, Jan Dirk Vlasblom
In: Economics Letters 99 (2008), 1, 72-74
In empirical analyses, the effect of income on happiness tends to be underestimated by ignoring the fact that income has to be earned. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, our analysis confirms this tendency. For men, the underestimation amounts to 25%.
Keywords: Income, happiness
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.05.032