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“Most of this work has revealed a small, but discernible, relationship between income and well-being (for reviews, see Clark, Frijters, & Shields, 2008; Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002; Diener & Oishi, 2000).”
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“This notion also finds support in the literature (Cai et al. 2023; Di Tella and MacCulloch 2008; Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002; Hagerty and Veenhoven 2003; Inglehart et al. 2008; Mele and Randazzo 2020; Mureșan, Fülöp, and Ciumaș 2021; Ng 2022; Veenhoven 1991; Zhang 2022).”
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“Needs concept in NCM-SWB is closely related to Human Nature and Relative Standards theories of subjective well-being that were developed by Diener and Lucas (2000), Diener and Biswas-Diener (2002) and Veenhoven and Ehrhardt (1995).”
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“Both columns control for a set of known predictors of life satisfaction (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002).”
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“Although objective measures of CS have shown a weaker association with the happiness level of employees than SCS (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002), it is still relevant to study separately with EI construct for accurate and comparative results of relationships in India’s IT industry context.”
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“Objective indicators such as personal and country wealth (Diener and Biswas-Diener, 2002), good governance (Frey and Stutzer, 2002), and personal circumstances such as being healthy, married (Diener, 2000) and having dense social networks (Helliwell and Putnam, 2004), have been linked to SWB.”
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“However, previous research has established that financial resources do not appear to have a strong relationship with well-being once basic needs are met (Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002).”
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Huang, Z., Li, T., & Xu, M. (2020) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph17207530 · Cited by 16
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“Others disagree (e.g., Deaton 2008; Diener et al. 1993, 2009; Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002; Johnson and Krueger 2006; Stevenson and Wolfers 2008).”
BackgroundEFNEP's Impact on the Quality of Life of Its Participants and Educators
Auld, G., Baker, S., Bauer, L., KOSZEWSKI, W. M., Procter, S. B., & Steger, M. F. (2013) · Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2013.06.008 · Cited by 16
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“The responses were recorded on the 0 to 10 scale, where 0 indicated “very dissatisfied” and 10 “very satisfied” (64, 65).”
BackgroundChildhood Socioeconomic Status and Adult Subjective Wellbeing: The Role of Hope and Sense of Control
Wang, L., Li, F., Meng, K., & Dunning, K. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879132 · Cited by 17
“Hope is a positive psychological factor affecting subjective wellbeing (Diener and Biswas-Diener, 2002; Dittmar et al., 2014).”
BackgroundIncome raises human well-being indefinitely, but age consistently slashes it
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“Instead, relational factors (e.g., time spent with friends, access to children, and the quality of the relationship) play a more prominent role in determining old-age happiness (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002).”
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“Following scholarly studies such as Stiglitz et al. (2009), Bourdieu (2018), and Diener and Biswas-Diener (2002), the personal wealth of old directors includes economic wealth such as income and assets and non-economic wealth such as social and emotional relationships, health, leisure, and hobbies.”
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“These observations are consistent with the findings in other Western countries (Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002).”
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“…scholars argue that as long as a rural resident’s basic needs are satisfied and they prefer a materialistically simpler life, then their happiness levels will not be significantly different from those of urban residents (Davey et al. 2009; Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002; Biswas-Diener et al. 2005).”
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“Study findings underline that income has a higher influence on life satisfaction within groups with low level of income and that income has a lower influence on life satisfaction within groups with high level of [30].”
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“…income leads to better well-being due to increased access to resources and improved living conditions (Asebedo et al., 2022; Diener and Biswas-Diener, 2002; Killingsworth et al., 2023) and lower income with poorer health outcomes (Bor et al., 2017; Mullahy et al., 2018; Truesdale and Jencks,…”
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“…that material aspects of life significantly influence the quality of life, which is consistent with prior research indicating that factors like income and material well-being are significant determinants for overall life satisfaction (Andereck & Nyaupane, 2011; Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002).”
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“It should be noted, however, that previous research also finds that increasing income and wealth associated with economic growth over time have been associated with small or no increases in perceived well-being in economically developed nations (Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002).”
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“1 3 Thus, the effect of income on SWB is generally uncertain, and income directly relates to the SWB of poor people as it provides them with higher utility because, for poor people, income increase helps them avoid poverty (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002).”
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“Relative to other demographic characteristics, income tends to be of primary interest in SWB studies since it is an indicator of numerous other critical variables such as education (Diener and Biswas-Diener, 2002), health (Marmot, 2002; Pickett and Wilkinson, 2015), and housing (Hansen et al.”
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“The estimated results cannot be interpreted as causal effects, as our identification strategy does not determine if e.g. higher incomes causes more happiness or vice versa (see e.g. Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Diener, E., & Biswas-Diener, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Diener, Ed
- ORCID
- Diener, Ed
- Venue
- Social Indicators Research
- Published
- 2002-02
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 119-169
- ISSN
- 0303-8300 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0921
- OpenAlex
- W1735969924
- Cited by
- 1,555
- References
- 117
- Citations by year
- 2026: 56 · 2025: 79 · 2024: 99 · 2023: 99 · 2022: 80 · 2021: 87 · 2020: 83 · 2019: 79 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 85 · 2016: 72 · 2015: 74 · 2014: 88 · 2013: 69 · 2012: 64
- FWCI
- 38.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Social Indicators Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Keywords
- subjective well-being, income, happiness, materialism, material desire, poverty, economic growth, basic needs, social norms, consumption, The Wealth of Nations
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