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Sundays Are Blue: Aren’t They? -The Day-of-the-Week Effect on Subjective Well-Being and Socio-Economic Status
(2009-11-13)
This paper analyses whether individuals are influenced by the day of the week when reporting subjective well-being. By using a large panel data set and controlling for observed and unobserved individual characteristics, ...
Does relative income matter for the very poor? - Evidence from rural Ethiopia
(2010-10)
We studied whether relative income has an impact on subjective well-being among extremely poor people. Contrary to the findings in developed countries, we cannot reject the hypothesis that relative income has no impact on ...
I Can’t Sleep! Relative Concerns and Sleep Behavior
(2017-10)
We investigate the effect of relative concerns with respect to income on the quantity and quality of sleep using a long panel dataset on the sleep behavior of people in Germany. We find that relative income has a substantial ...