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That actually makes a lot of sense. I'll have to look at some studies.

• fludlight 12y ago
  If you google my comment[1] you will find it[2-5]. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=research+suggests+that+happiness+vis+a+vis+personal+wealth+is+determined+by+how+much+you+have+relative&oq=research+suggests+that+happiness+vis+a+vis+personal+wealth+is+determined+by+how+much+you+have+relative&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=91&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=research+suggests+that+happi... [2] http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/winter07/happiness.html http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/winter07/happin... [3] http://vanneman.umd.edu/socy699J/GrahamP02.pdf http://vanneman.umd.edu/socy699J/GrahamP02.pdf [4] http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic620591.files/Indices_of_Wellbeing/HSPH.pdf http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic620591.files/Indi... [5] Relative Income Hypothesis. I will leave the googling of this as an exercise for the reader.
  • NewHermes 12y ago
    Thanks!