Reference Group Income and Subjective Well-Being: Empirical Evidence from Low-Income Transition Economies

2015 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 1333-1348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armenak Antinyan
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Transition Economies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Partners’ Educational Pairings and Subjective Well-Being in China: An Analysis Using the Diagonal Mobility Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110380
Author(s):  
Xiaohang Zhao ◽  
Skylar Biyang Sun
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobility Model ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Chinese General Social Survey

Using pooled data from the Chinese General Social Survey in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015, this study investigated the relationship between partners’ educational pairings and subjective well-being among Chinese. Diagonal mobility models were employed to avoid conflating the effect of each partner’s education and the effect of the difference in education between partners. The findings reveal that regarding the well-being consequences of partners’ educational pairings, the hypothesis of satisfaction with marrying up outweighs the hypothesis of educational homogamy advantages and the hypothesis of sex roles. Specifically, for both women and men, persons marrying up in education are more likely to feel happy than their educationally homogamous counterparts. Moreover, educational hypergamy confers more psychological benefits to women in high-income communities than those in low-income communities. In addition, the earnings difference between partners plays a part in men’s SWB. Husbands who earn less than their wives are more likely to be unhappy than those whose earnings are 1–1.5 times those of their wives, suggesting that sex-role norms are at work. Our study contributes to a deeper understanding of the well-being consequences of educational heterogamy.

Labour market regulation and subjective well‐being in low‐income countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 1088-1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK FLAVIN ◽  
ALEXANDER C. PACEK ◽  
BENJAMIN RADCLIFF
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Labour Market Regulation

scholarly journals Analysis of Factors Affecting the High Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Residents Based on the 2014 China Family Panel Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 2566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Xu ◽  
Haiyan Sun ◽  
Bo Zhu ◽  
Wei Bai ◽  
Xiao Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Population Distribution ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Multivariable Analysis ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being

(1) Purpose: The purpose of our research is to understand the subjective well-being (SWB) of Chinese adult residents and its influencing factors and to identify the key groups and areas to provide a basis for the formulation of relevant policies to improve residents’ happiness. (2) Methods: In this study, we analyzed the influencing factors of SWB of individuals older than 16 years of age, according to the 2014 China Family Panel Study (CFPS). We weighted 27,706 samples in the database to achieve the purpose of representing the whole country. Finally, descriptive statistics were used for the population distribution, chi-square tests were used for univariable analysis, and binary logistic models were used for multivariable analysis. (3) Results: The response rate of SWB was 74.58%. Of the respondents, 71.2% had high SWB (7–10), with a U-shaped distribution between age and SWB. Females are more likely than males to rate themselves as happy. There is a positive ratio between years of education and SWB. Residents who have better self-evaluated income, self-rated health (SRH), psychological well-being (PWB), Body Mass Index (BMI), social trust, social relationships, and physical exercise have higher SWB. (4) Conclusion: The results of the present study indicate that to improve residents’ SWB, we should focus more attention on middle-aged and low-income groups, particularly men in agriculture. The promotion of SWB should be facilitated by improvements in residents’ education, health status, and social support as well as by the promotion of smoking bans and physical exercise.

scholarly journals Inequality and Social Rank: Income Increases Buy More Life Satisfaction in More Equal Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 014616722092385
Author(s):  
Edika G. Quispe-Torreblanca ◽  
Gordon D. A. Brown ◽  
Christopher J. Boyce ◽  
Alex M. Wood ◽  
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Rank ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Income Distributions ◽  
Equal Income ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

How do income and income inequality combine to influence subjective well-being? We examined the relation between income and life satisfaction in different societies, and found large effects of income inequality within a society on the relationship between individuals’ incomes and their life satisfaction. The income–satisfaction gradient is steeper in countries with more equal income distributions, such that the positive effect of a 10% increase in income on life satisfaction is more than twice as large in a country with low income inequality as it is in a country with high income inequality. These findings are predicted by an income rank hypothesis according to which life satisfaction is derived from social rank. A fixed increment in income confers a greater increment in social position in a more equal society. Income inequality may influence people’s preferences, such that in unequal countries people’s life satisfaction is determined more strongly by their income.

Book Reviews

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-213 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Yale University ◽  
External Effects ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Timothy W. Guinnane of Yale University reviews “Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History” by Angus Maddison,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Revised and extended edition examines methods of measuring happiness, focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare and well-being. Discusses the analysis of income satisfaction with an application to family equivalence scales; domain satisfactions; the aggregation of satisfactions--general satisfaction as an aggregate; political satisfaction; males, females, and households; the impact of past and future on present satisfaction; the influence of the reference group on our norms; health and subjective well-being; the effects of climate on welfare and well-being--external effects; how to find compensations for aircraft noise nuisance; taxation and well-being; subjective income inequalities; a generalized approach to subjective inequalities; poverty; and multidimensional poverty. Van Praag is at the University of Amsterdam, the Tinbergen Institute, and SCHOLAR. Ferrer-i-Carbonell is at the Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats and at the Institut d’ Analisi Economica. Index.”

Book Reviews

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-207
Keyword(s):  
Reference Group ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equivalence Scales ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
External Effects ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Income Satisfaction

Nattavudh Powdthavee of University of York reviews “Happiness Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach” by Bernard Van Praag, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Revised and extended edition examines methods of measuring happiness, focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare and well-being. Discusses the analysis of income satisfaction with an application to family equivalence scales; domain satisfactions; the aggregation of satisfactions--general satisfaction as an aggregate; political satisfaction; males, females, and households; the impact of past and future on present satisfaction; the influence of the reference group on our norms; health and subjective well-being; the effects of climate on welfare and well-being--external effects; how to find compensations for aircraft noise nuisance; taxation and well-being; subjective income inequalities; a generalized approach to subjective inequalities; poverty; and multidimensional poverty. Van Praag is at the University of Amsterdam, the Tinbergen Institute, and SCHOLAR. Ferrer-i-Carbonell is at the Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats and at the Institut d’ Analisi Economica. Index.”

The Effects of Health, Environmental, and Socio-Psychological Variables on Fear of Crime and its Consequences among Urban Black Elderly Individuals

1994 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Bazargan
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Black Elderly ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Self Reported Health Status ◽  
Victimization Experience

Despite extensive research on fear of crime among elder members of the population, little attention has been paid to the fear of crime among Black urban elderly individuals. Using a sample of 372 low income urban Black persons aged sixty-two and over the causes and consequences of such fear were investigated. Fear of crime reduces subjective well-being of these older adults and limits their mobility. Age, gender, education, marital status, loneliness, self-reported health status, previous victimization experience, media exposure, trust of neighbors, length of residence, and type of housing were tested to identify significant predictors of fear of crime. Some of these variables had a diverse impact on fear of crime at home versus outside of the home. For example, while gender was the strongest predictor of fear of crime outside the home, it was not significantly associated with fear inside the home. Surprisingly, self-reported health status was not related to fear of crime among this sample of urban Black elderly individuals.

scholarly journals Hubungan antara Pendapatan terhadap Kesejahteraan Subjektif pada Anggota TNI AU di Kota X

PSYCHE 165 ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 258-262
Author(s):  
Iqhsan Eko Setiawan ◽  
M Ridwan Saputra ◽  
Arsepta Kurnia Sandra
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
New Finding ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed to examine the relationship between personeel income beetwean subjective well-being on military personeel. A quantitative survey was performed on a sample of personeels (N = 43) TNI AU in City X and study documents is used to measure how impact of  personeel income to personeel’s SWB. The subjective well-being as an independent variable and to measure how subjective well-being correlated each other, this study has used  Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener, 2006) and Positive Affect and Negative Affect Experience (Diener, 2009). Result showed that personeel income is significantly correlate with subjective well-being (p =  0.036, sig. < 0.05). New finding also shows that high and low income are significantly correlate with subjective well-being, limited and recommendation are discussed.

scholarly journals Finding ‘Reasons to Stay’ Amidst Issues of Well-Being: A Case Study of Two Underserved Communities in Colombo

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (35) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iresha M. Lakshman ◽  
Mohideen M. Alikhan ◽  
Abdhullah Azam
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Underserved Communities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Income Status ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
The Many ◽  
Migration Experiences

This paper attempts to explore the factors that attract and encourage individuals to live in low-income neighbourhoods in Colombo in spite of the many socioeconomic issues that are associated with such communities. Data was collected through 30 face-to-face in-depth interviews with residents from two underserved communities consisting of individuals with different migration experiences. The collected data was then analysed using the three-dimensional well-being model introduced by Pouw and McGregor (2014). The study revealed a situation of material and relational wellbeing intersecting to create a more practical kind of well-being in the communities studied. Of the two, material well-being had the strongest power to attract and retain residents in the neighbourhoods while relational wellbeing played a supportive role in terms of pulling people into the community. Subjective well-being, on the other hand, was identified as the strongest reason with a capacity to push people away from the community. However, this single push factor was not strong enough to overpower the pull effect of material and relational well-being, particularly because of the residents’ low-income status. The material benefits of living in the location facilitated by social ties offered by the neighbourhood kept these residents attracted and attached to these underserved communities.

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