Brown, S., Gray, D. and Roberts, J. (2015) The relative income hypothesis: A comparison of methods. Economics Letters, 130. pp. 47-50. ISSN 0165-1765
Abstract
Studies of the relative income hypothesis find positive and negative effects of relative income. To facilitate comparisons we use a large household panel and highlight the sensitivity of the relative income effect to the definition of the reference group and to the estimation strategy employed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4. 0/) |
Keywords: | Relative income; Reference group; Subjective well-being |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2016 13:29 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2016 13:29 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.02.031 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.02.031 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93603 |