Social comparisons of income in one's community
Evidence from national surveys of income and happiness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6206531 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael R Hagerty (0000-0002-5673-6071, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 764-771 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.78.4.764 |
| OpenAlex | W4244524245 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 106 |
Demographic economics · Economics · Happiness · Social comparison theory · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
The role of income aspirations in individual happiness
Beyond Money
Self-Esteem and Socioeconomic Status
Income inequality and subjective well-being
Does Wage Rank Affect Employees’ Well‐being?
Income Inequality and Subjective Wellbeing
A Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being
Income Inequality and Happiness
Life Satisfaction and Income Inequality
Money and Happiness
The economics of happiness
Quality of Life Indexes for National Policy
Income, psychological security, and subjective well-being in urban China
Culture competence and mental health across different immigrant and refugee groups
A brief psychological intervention to protect subjective well-being in a community sample
Absolute Income, Income Inequality and the Subjective Well-Being of Migrant Workers in China
Psychological Mechanisms Linking County-Level Income Inequality to Happiness in China
Do Cardiovascular Diseases Significantly Influence Healthy Aging
Analysing the Quality of Life of Older Adults
Power or opportunity? Perceived inequality on life satisfaction explained by reduced trust in South Korea
Relative Effects on Life Satisfaction Revisited
Income and Life Satisfaction
Subjective Inequity Aversion
What You See is What You Get
Group Risky Choice and Resource Allocation Under Social Comparison Effects
Prospects of Downward Mobility Cause Status Anxiety and Life Dissatisfaction
The Equality Paradox
Inequality and Social Rank
Are religion and happiness on same side
The association between charitable giving and happiness
Can Income Inequality be Associated With Positive Outcomes? Hope Mediates the Positive Inequality–Happiness Link in Rural China
Income Inequality, Life Satisfaction, and Economic Worries
Neighborhood socioeconomic status, relative household income, and life satisfaction of Chinese mainland migrants in Hong Kong
A vision for human well-being
Income inequality and well-being in the U.S
How important is rank to individual perception of economic standing? A within-community analysis
Inequality and happiness
What makes older adults happier? Urban and rural differences in the living arrangements and life satisfaction of older adults
Economic disadvantages and migrants' subjective well‐being in China
Living in wealthy neighborhoods increases material desires and maladaptive consumption
Migrants’ subjective well-being in Europe
Sustainability Through Happiness
Relative income and value congruence in dual‐income couples
Subjective relative income and lottery ticket purchases
Reich und zufrieden? Theorie und Empirie zur Beziehung von Wohlstand und Lebenszufriedenheit
Quality of Life Indexes for National Policy
Income inequality in local economies
Cross-National Variation in Individual Life Satisfaction
Does National Income Inequality Affect Individuals’ Quality of Life in Europe? Inequality, Happiness, Finances, and Health
Regional Factors Affecting the Satisfaction of Residents
Investigating Spatial Distribution of Regional Quality of Life (RQoL) in Iran Between 1996 and 2011
Income inequality, economic growth, and subjective well-being
Effects of Learning About Historical Gender Discrimination on Early Adolescents’ Occupational Judgments and Aspirations
Reassessing the Facebook experiment
Attitudes to Income Inequality
Causative Factors for Improvement in Regional Satisfaction Level
Income redistribution predicts greater life satisfaction across individual, national, and cultural characteristics
Income inequality is associated with stronger social comparison effects
Extending the income inequality hypothesis
Flourishing Across Europe
Judgment of distributional inequality in networks
National Affluence Strengthens the Positive Association Between Perceived Social Mobility and Subjective-Well-Being
From South Asia to the United Arab Emirates with hope
Objective air quality index versus subjective perception
Still Happy After All These Years
Asymmetric effects of democracy and macroeconomic factors on happiness under high and low per capita incomes
Students' concern about indebtedness
Do we really know what makes us happy? A review of the economic literature on the factors associated with subjective well-being
Does exposure to richer and poorer neighborhoods influence wellbeing
Does income inequality affect individual happiness? Evidence from Seoul, Korea
Money worlds” and well-being
Factors That Influence the Forming of Self-Evaluation and Self-Efficacy Perceptions
Reference group inequality, positional goods, and their impact on subjective well-being
Self-other differences in perceptions of wealth
Like ’Em Rich? Public Perceptions and Opinions of Politicians’ Wealth
Relative Poverty, Perceived Violence, and Support for Militant Politics
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Influence of long-term racial environmental composition on subjective well-being in African Americans
Wanting, having, and satisfaction
Does Income Class Affect Life Satisfaction? New Evidence from Cross-Country Microdata
Social Inequalities in Happiness in the United States, 1972 to 2004
Repensar la economía dentro de los límites del planeta
On Subjective Well-being and Quality of Life
Measuring local, salient economic inequality in the UK
Work, Family, and Well-Being at Midlife
Needs, Comparisons, and Adaptation
Does Your Neighbor's Income Affect Your Happiness
Inequality, Social Comparisons and Income Aspirations
Distributive Justice With and Without Culture
Wealth and Happiness Revisited - Growing National Income Does Go with Greater Happiness
Will Money Increase Subjective Well-Being
Black-white differences in happiness, 1972-2014
Life Satisfaction and Inequality in Slovakia
Does Your Neighborhood's Income Distribution Matter? A Multi-scale Study of Financial Well-Being in the U.S
Income Inequality, Distributive Justice Beliefs, and Happiness in China
Environmental Quality and Life Satisfaction
The Impact of Income Inequality on Individual Happiness
They Are Richer But Are They Happier? Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Citizens Across the Reform Era
Individual Differences in Social Comparison and its Consequences for Life Satisfaction
Income Inequality and Subjective Well-being
| Unique citing works | 106 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,24 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 106 |