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15 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15584
Choosing or Inheriting the Joneses: The Origins of Reference Groups
Martin Leites, Camila Paleo, Xavier Ramos, Gonzalo Salas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12821
Firms' Wage Structures, Workers' Fairness Perceptions, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Jens Mohrenweiser, Christian Pfeifer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12737
Job Satisfaction and Coworker Pay in Canadian Firms
Mohsen Javdani, Brian Krauth
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2020, 53 (1), 212-248
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12468
Higher Tax and Less Work: An Optimal Response to Relative Income Concern
Felix FitzRoy, Jim Jin, Michael A. Nolan
published as 'Higher tax and less work: reverse 'Keep up with the Joneses' and rising inequality' in: Journal of Economics, 2023, 139 (3), 177-190,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11763
Relative Income and Happiness: An Experiment
John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Daniel Houser, Lina Diaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9934
Local Neighbors as Positives, Regional Neighbors as Negatives: Competing Channels in the Relationship between Others' Income, Health, and Happiness
John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Carol Lee Graham
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9395
Direct Evidence for Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being across Reference Groups
Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg
revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 137, 95-101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9189
When Experienced and Decision Utility Concur: The Case of Income Comparisons
Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik, Katsunori Yamada
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 70, 1-9
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8215
Positional Concerns among the Poor: Does Reference Group Matter? Evidence from Survey Experiments
Alpaslan Akay, Lisa Andersson, Peter Martinsson, Haileselassie Medhin
revised version published in: Journal of African Economics, 2014, 23(5), 673-699
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7256
Where the Streets Have a Name: Income Comparisons in the US
Abel Brodeur, Sarah Flèche
published as 'Neighbors' Income, Public Goods and Well-Being' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 217-238
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6419
Income Comparisons and Non-Cognitive Skills
Santiago Budría, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
published as 'Life Satisfaction, Income Comparisons and Individual Traits' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65 (2), 337 - 357
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4414
Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe
Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 573-594
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4390
Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Guy Mayraz, Gert G. Wagner, Jürgen Schupp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3813
Economic Satisfaction and Income Rank in Small Neighbourhoods
Andrew E. Clark, Nicolai Kristensen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 519–527
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3195
Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and their Welfare Effects
Claudia Senik
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (1), 408-424
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