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neighbors as negatives: a standalone construct

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Economics

higher earnings among one's neighbors lowering one's own reported happiness, holding own income constant.

In economics, neighbors as negatives refers to higher earnings among one's neighbors lowering one's own reported happiness, holding own income constant. This meaning comes from Luttmer (2005) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

Luttmer, E. F. P. (2005). Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(3), 963-1002. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/120.3.963

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