TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Clark, Andrew E.
        TI  - Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life
        PY  - 2011/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5966
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5966
        AB  - The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation are actually found in a considerable variety of economic and social activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward.
        KW  - policy
KW  - religion
KW  - divorce
KW  - marriage
KW  - income
KW  - unemployment
KW  - habituation
KW  - comparison
KW  - health
        ER  -