Personality and the marginal utility of income
Personality interacts with increases in household income to determine life satisfaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19035779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher J Boyce (0000-0002-5515-1936, corresponding author), Alex M Wood (0000-0002-8010-1455) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 183-191 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-2681 • E-ISSN: 1879-1751 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.01.004 |
| OpenAlex | W2113885167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 47 |
Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Demographic economics · Economics · Extraversion and introversion · Incentive · Life satisfaction · Marginal utility · Microeconomics · Neuroticism · Personality · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Geographically varying associations between personality and life satisfaction in the London metropolitan area
Income deprivation and mental well-being
Can low-income people afford life satisfaction? The modifying effect of personality traits, a cross-sectional study
Beyond greenery
Personality, Adversity, and Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults
Is Personality Fixed? Personality Changes as Much as “Variable” Economic Factors and More Strongly Predicts Changes to Life Satisfaction
Reported Happiness, Fast and Slow
Socio-economic stratification of life satisfaction in Ireland during an economic recession
Stick and Stay, Make it Pay? Time Preferences and Marginal (Dis)Utility of Relative Concerns
Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China
Remittances and relative concerns in rural China
Life satisfaction, income and personality
Why extraverts are happier
Explaining Fixed Effects
An Existential-Humanistic View of Personality Change
The Metrics of Subjective Wellbeing Data
Emotions in Economic Theory and Economic Behavior
Preference Parameters and Behavioral Heterogeneity
Money and mental wellbeing
Putting a price tag on friends, relatives, and neighbours
The marginal utility of income
When information dominates comparison
Money Does Matter! Evidence from Increasing Real Income and Life Satisfaction in East Germany Following Reunification
Psychological Well-Being and Ill-Being
The Determinants of Earnings
Happiness Is a Stochastic Phenomenon
Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness
Incentive-Enhancing Preferences
Money and Happiness
Income and well-being
The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits
Well-being over time in Britain and the USA
Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all?
Understanding fixed effects in human well-being
Personality traits and knowledge sharing
Gender differences in personality and earnings
The effects of personality on earnings
How important is your personality? Labor market returns to personality for women in the US and UK
Income and well-being
The dark side of conscientiousness
Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness
Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction
How Important is Methodology for the Estimates of the Determinants of Happiness
The stability of behavior
Personality in adulthood
Influence of extraversion and neuroticism on subjective well-being
Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers
Development of personality in early and middle adulthood
Relative Income, Happiness, and Utility
The relation of economic status to subjective well-being in developing countries
Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male and Female Earnings
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |