Journal Article

The relative income hypothesis: a comparison of methods

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Published in
Economics Letters
Volume
130
Pages
pp. 47–50
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
1651765

Summary

Studies of the relative income hypothesis find positive and negative
effects of relative income. To facilitate comparisons we use a large
household panel and highlight the sensitivity of the relative income
effect to the definition of the reference group and to the estimation
strategy employed.

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