TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Clark, Andrew E.
AU  - Etilé, Fabrice
AU  - Postel-Vinay, Fabien
AU  - Senik, Claudia
AU  - Straeten, Karine Van der
        TI  - Heterogeneity in Reported Well-Being: Evidence from Twelve European Countries
        PY  - 2004/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1339
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1339
        AB  - This paper models the relationship between income and reported well-being using latent
class techniques applied to panel data from twelve European countries. Introducing both
intercept and slope heterogeneity into this relationship, we strongly reject the hypothesis that
individuals transform income into well-being in the same way. We show that both individual
characteristics and country of residence are strong predictors of the four classes we identify.
We expect that differences in the marginal effect of income on well-being across classes will
be reflected in both behaviour and preferences for redistribution.
        KW  - heterogeneity
KW  - well-being
KW  - utility
KW  - income
KW  - latent class
        ER  -