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Are Comparisons Luxuries? Subjective Poverty and Positional Concerns in Indonesia

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We explore (i) the usual determinants of happiness in Indonesia, with a special focus on the role of various measures of absolute income; (ii) the presence of relativistic concerns or positive external effects in shaping attitudes to subjective well-being; and (iii) whether this potential effect changes sign with income level. Additional evidence offered by our investigation relates to the effect of past income levels as well as to that of aspirations. In line with other literature from poor contexts, we find that the subjective well-being of Indonesians is positively affected by the comparison with the income of people around them. This positive influence is unambiguously more important for the poor than for the rich. This pattern is consistent through different measures of well-being and holds also when accounting for past income levels, and lagged income expectations.
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halshs-01114396, version 1 (09-02-2015)

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Jinan Zeidan. Are Comparisons Luxuries? Subjective Poverty and Positional Concerns in Indonesia. 2015. ⟨halshs-01114396⟩
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