The effects of perceived and actual financial literacy on financial behaviors

S Allgood, WB Walstad - Economic inquiry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A combined measure of financial literacy that includes both a test score of actual financial
literacy and a self‐rating of overall financial literacy is used in this study. We find that the …

What matters for life satisfaction among the oldest-old? Evidence from China

ST Ng, NP Tey, MN Asadullah - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective The world population is aging rapidly and the well-being of older people is of great
interest. Therefore, this study investigates the determinants of life satisfaction among the …

Attitudes to income inequality: Experimental and survey evidence

AE Clark, C d'Ambrosio - Handbook of income distribution, 2015 - Elsevier
We review the survey and experimental findings in the literature on attitudes to income
inequality. We interpret the latter as any disparity in incomes between individuals. We …

Subjective well-being in China, 2005–2010: The role of relative income, gender, and location

MN Asadullah, S Xiao, E Yeoh - China Economic Review, 2018 - Elsevier
We use data from two rounds of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to study the
determinants of subjective well-being in China over the period 2005–2010 during which self …

The impact of minimum wages on well-being: evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany

F Gülal, A Ayaita - Journal of happiness studies, 2020 - Springer
We analyze well-being effects of minimum wages, using the introduction of the minimum
wage in Germany as a quasi-experiment. Based on representative data, a difference-in …

Income security, social comparisons and materialism: Determinants of subjective financial well-being among Indian adults

D Chatterjee, M Kumar, KK Dayma - International Journal of Bank …, 2019 - emerald.com
Income security, social comparisons and materialism: Determinants of subjective financial
well-being among Indian adults | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert …

Will GDP growth increase happiness in developing countries?

AE Clark, C Senik - 8th Conference AFD-EUDN. Measure for …, 2010 - shs.hal.science
This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It
interprets the set of available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between …

Conspicuous consumption and political regimes: Evidence from East and West Germany

T Friehe, M Mechtel - European Economic Review, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on the relative importance of
conspicuous consumption. We use the division of Germany into the communist GDR and the …

The role of perceived minority-group status in the conspiracy beliefs of factual majority groups

AB Gundersen, S van der Linden… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Research suggests that minority-group members sometimes are more susceptible to
misinformation. Two complementary studies examined the influence of perceived minority …

Conspicuous consumption in Chinese young adults: The role of dark tetrad and gender

X Zhu, Y Geng, Y Pan, L Shi - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Purposes To lend more credence to the association of a socially aversive personality and
conspicuous consumption (ie, consumers purchase products to display wealth and social …