Social distinction or status is an important motivation of human behaviour. This paper provides a selective survey of recent advances in the economic analysis of the origins and consequences of social status. First, a selection of empirical research from a variety of scientific disciplines is discussed to underpin the further theoretical analysis. I then consider the origins and determinants of tastes for status, discuss the endogenous derivation of such a preferences for relative standing and assess the different formalisations these preferences. Subsequently, the consequences of preferences for status are studied for a variety of problems and settings. The last section discusses a number of implications of status concerns for normative ec...
In this paper I construct a social status scale for post-Soviet Russia, using the relational occupat...
It is expected that subjective social status, where consumers position themselves on the social stat...
It is now well recognized that people in lower socioeco-nomic status (SES) groups on average are les...
Social distinction or status is an important motivation of human behaviour. This paper provides a se...
Social distinction or status is an important motivation of human behaviour. This paper provides a se...
Social distinction or status is an important motivation of human behaviour. This paper provides a se...
Cultural differences among societies may translate into different social status of occupations and c...
In this article, we return to Max Weber’s distinction between class and status as related but differ...
This paper considers whether it is still possible to identify a status order in contemporary Britain...
The field of household finance has established a correlation between savings behavior and education,...
This thesis points out that economic agents preferences can be dependent on the future utility and t...
This paper shows that social status determines economic achievement through a psychological mechanis...
This research investigated how social status impacts economic behavior. First experiment inspired by...
Empirical thesis.Includes bibliographical references.Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Status co...
Human beings care a lot about being viewed as ‘smart’. This paper defines social status as the publi...
In this paper I construct a social status scale for post-Soviet Russia, using the relational occupat...
It is expected that subjective social status, where consumers position themselves on the social stat...
It is now well recognized that people in lower socioeco-nomic status (SES) groups on average are les...
Social distinction or status is an important motivation of human behaviour. This paper provides a se...
Social distinction or status is an important motivation of human behaviour. This paper provides a se...
Social distinction or status is an important motivation of human behaviour. This paper provides a se...
Cultural differences among societies may translate into different social status of occupations and c...
In this article, we return to Max Weber’s distinction between class and status as related but differ...
This paper considers whether it is still possible to identify a status order in contemporary Britain...
The field of household finance has established a correlation between savings behavior and education,...
This thesis points out that economic agents preferences can be dependent on the future utility and t...
This paper shows that social status determines economic achievement through a psychological mechanis...
This research investigated how social status impacts economic behavior. First experiment inspired by...
Empirical thesis.Includes bibliographical references.Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Status co...
Human beings care a lot about being viewed as ‘smart’. This paper defines social status as the publi...
In this paper I construct a social status scale for post-Soviet Russia, using the relational occupat...
It is expected that subjective social status, where consumers position themselves on the social stat...
It is now well recognized that people in lower socioeco-nomic status (SES) groups on average are les...