Measuring Subjective Well-being to Compare the Quality of Life of Cultures
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The conclusion that people derive little or no psychological benefit from income beyond some threshold is false, at least for life evaluation.
“Although this conclusion has been widely accepted in discussions of the relationship between life evaluation and gross domestic product (GDP) across nations (11–14), it is false, at least for this aspect of subjective well-being.”
From High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being (2010) · cites this paper as [11]
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- Authors
- Diener, E., & Suh, E. M.
- Venue
- Culture and Subjective Well-Being
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Published
- 2000-09-15
- Pages
- 3-12
- OpenAlex
- W4240674453
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.56
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The MIT Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Keywords
- subjective well-being, quality of life, cross-cultural comparison, happiness measurement, cultural differences
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