The objective of the paper is to build a Perceived Human Development Index (PHDI) framework by assembling the HDI components, namely indicators on income, health and education in their subjective version. We propose here to introduce a fourth dimension linked to perceptions on work conditions, given their role in the “happiness” literature and in social policy. We study how the perceptions abou...

Despite its unprecedented growth in output per capita in the last two decades, China has essentially followed the life satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries--a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend. There is no evidence of an increase in life satisfaction of the magnitude that might have been expected to result from the fourfold improvement in th...

The background in this study is behavior of finansial management Lamongan UMKM tends to be less good. Which influence by several factors, namely behavior, income, and knowladge. This aims test the Financial Behavior, Income, Knowledge on Satisfaction City. uses quantitative methods. population amounted 67, while sampling used Probability Sampling technique using Non sampling. reason because bel...

Equivalence scales are intended to measure the relative incomes which are needed to enable families of different size, or in different circumstances, to enjoy the same standard of living. They are useful in various contexts: for assessing and comparing changes in real income, the distribution of income, the impact of taxes and of social security benefits, and so on. The estimation of equivalenc...

The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of demography of online customers on e-satisfaction as well as on the determinants of e-satisfaction operating in e-retailing space in India. A theoretical model was derived in accordance with the literature and was tested empirically. Conveniently sampling technique was used. Primary data was collected through a structured questionnaire throug...

Does money buy happiness, or does happiness come indirectly from the higher rank in society that money brings? We tested a rank-income hypothesis, according to which people gain utility from the ranked position of their income within a comparison group. The rank hypothesis contrasts with traditional reference-income hypotheses, which suggest that utility from income depends on comparison to a s...