Abstract Income comparisons are important for individual well-being. We examine the shape of relationship between relative income and life satisfaction, test empirically if features value function prospect theory carry over to experienced utility. draw on a unique panel dataset middle-income country that allows us work with an endogenous reference income, which differs individuals same observab...

This paper qualitatively describes the deprivation under different coupling situations of two-dimensional indicators and then establishes the twodimensional coupling model on social deprivation, using the social welfare function approach and Foster-Greer-Thorbecke α P method. Finally, this paper applies the model to evaluate the social deprivation of 31 provinces in China under the coupling sta...

INTRODUCTION Inequalities in health attributable to inequalities in society have long been recognized. Typically, those most privileged experience better health, regardless of universal access to health care. Associations between social and material deprivation and mortality from all causes of death--a measure of population health, have been described for some regions of Canada. This study furt...