Adaptation to Income over Time: A Weak Point of Subjective Well-Being
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Adaptation; financial satisfaction; subjective well-being; standards of judgment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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