| Titre | L'utilité est-elle relative ? Analyse à l'aide de données sur les ménages | |
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| Auteur | Andrew Clark | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 121, 1995/5 Comportements des ménages | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Consommation et offre de travail |
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| Page | 151-164 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Is Utility Relative? An Analysis Based on Household Data,
by Andrew Clark.
This study uses recent data from a survey of British households to help analyze the effects of comparisons within the individual utility function. Job satisfaction is strongly and negatively correlated with the spouse's wage as well as with the average wage of the other wage earners in the household. Moreover, there is a kink at the level of the individual's wage: a low wage is all the more unsatisfactory when it is lower than the spouse's wage or the average wage of the other wage earners in the household. These results are consistent with a relative evaluation of income in which the reference group includes the other wage earners in the household. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_1995_num_121_5_5769 |
