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...reference-income hypothesis is rather abstract. The researchers wondered whether there was a more nuanced way to capture how people valued their income. They reasoned that people tend to make specific comparisons of personal wealth, not only with the average income of the larger population, but with the individual incomes of their neighbors, colleagues at work or friends from college. And the higher their rank, the greater their sense of happiness and self-worth would likely be. "For example, people might care about whether they are the second most highly paid person, or the eighth most highly paid person...
Boyce and Moore found that an individual's rank, viewed this way, was a stronger predictor of happiness than absolute wealth. The higher a person ranked within his age group or neighborhood, the more status he had and the happier he was regardless of how much he made in dollars (or, in the study's case, pounds). "What we're trying to do is understand and explain why, over 30 to 40 years, the large economic growth we have experienced hasn't made us any happier," says Boyce. "If absolute income matters, as we increased our income, everybody should...
...piece is a] daring work of contemporary ballet featuring very organic, truthful movement. It definitely forces you to explore outside of the box and makes you feel vulnerable, but it’s so much more rewarding that way,” Moore says...
...stepped in there at No. 6 today and was fired up from the very beginning,” Green said. “She fought all the way through and came through for the victory...
...quietly, she fought her way to quick 6-1 wins in the second and third sets to give Harvard its third point of the afternoon and put it one away from clinching the match...