Ambition and jealousy
Subtitle: income interactions in the "old" Europe versus the "new" Europe and the United States
By: by Claudia Senik
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2083; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2083
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Income distribution; Social mobility
Description: "This paper asks how income distribution affects individual well-being and tries to explore the idea that this relation depends on the degree of mobility and uncertainty in the economy. It mostly concentrates on the relation between satisfaction and reference income (defined as the income of one's professional peers), and hinges on the micro-econometric analysis of household survey data (mostly panel), including subjective attitudinal questions. Using over one million observations, it uncovers a divide between "old" -low mobility- European countries versus "new" European post-Transition countries and the United States. Whereas "jealousy" is dominant in the former, "ambition" is even stronger in the latter"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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