Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...

In questions inserted into the 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel we ask subjects to report their income relative to different reference groups, such as fellow employees, other people in their profession, same age and same gender groups, friends, and neighbours. In addition subjects...

Der Aufsatz bezieht sich auf die im Juni 1990 erhobene "Basiserhebung in der DDR", die als erste Welle einer DDR-Stichprobe des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) dienen soll. Inhalte und Methoden der DDR-SOEP sollen denen des BRD-Panels in den Kernpunkten entsprechen, damit mit einem...