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High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being (with Angus Deaton)

Daniel Kahneman · 7 Sept 2010

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  1. Our reading

    Low income makes the emotional pain of misfortunes such as divorce, ill health and being alone worse

    Their wordsLow income exacerbates the emotional pain associated with such misfortunes as divorce, ill health, and being alone.

  2. Our reading

    High income buys satisfaction with life but not happiness, while low income goes with both a worse life evaluation and worse emotions

    Their wordsWe conclude that high income buys life satisfaction but not happiness, and that low income is associated both with low life evaluation and low emotional well-being.

  3. Our reading

    Above a certain level of stable income, emotional well-being seems to be limited by temperament and life circumstances rather than money

    Their wordsWhat the data suggest is that above a certain level of stable income, individuals’ emotional well-being is constrained by other factors in their temperament and life circumstances.

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