Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society

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dc.contributor.authorKingdon, Geetaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKnight, Johnen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-09T13:48:05Z
dc.date.available2014-09-09T13:48:05Z
dc.date.issued2005-07en_ZA
dc.description.abstractUsing a South African data set, the paper poses six questions about the determinants of subjective well-being. Much of the paper is concerned with the role of relative concepts. We find that comparator income – measured as average income of others in the local residential cluster – enters the household’s utility function positively but that income of more distant others (others in the district or province) enters negatively.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKingdon, G., & Knight, J. (2005). <i>Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society</i> (Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 05/095). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7368en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKingdon, Geeta, and John Knight <i>Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society.</i> Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 05/095. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7368en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKingdon, G., Knight, J. 2005-07. Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 05/095. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn1-920055-12-6en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Kingdon, Geeta AU - Knight, John AB - Using a South African data set, the paper poses six questions about the determinants of subjective well-being. Much of the paper is concerned with the role of relative concepts. We find that comparator income – measured as average income of others in the local residential cluster – enters the household’s utility function positively but that income of more distant others (others in the district or province) enters negatively. DA - 2005-07 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 1-920055-12-6 T1 - Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society TI - Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7368 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7368
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKingdon G, Knight J. Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society. 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7368en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDevelopment Policy Research Unit (DPRU)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.publisher.institutionDevelopment Policy Research Unit
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDevelopment and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 05/095en_ZA
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalen_ZA
dc.rights.holderCopyright University of Cape Town 2005.en_ZA
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