Gelir ve Mutluluk: Gelir Karşılaştırmasının Etkisi

Yıl 2015, Cilt: 23 Sayı: 26, 45 - 60, 14.10.2015

Onur Köksal , Faruk Şahin

https://doi.org/10.17233/se.91108

Cited By: 8

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, gelir ve mutluluk arasındaki ilişkide gelir karşılaştırmasının etkisini Türkiye örneklemi üzerinde incelemektir. Araştırmanın verisi, Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu tarafından 2012 yılında gerçekleştirilen Yaşam Memnuniyeti Araştırması’ndan elde edilmiştir. Bu araştırmaya katılan 7956 kişi araştırmanın örneklemini oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı kapsamında, bireylerin mutlulukları üzerinde gelirin ve gelir karşılaştırmasının tek tek etkisi ve birlikte etkisinin (interaction) belirlenmesi amacıyla hiyerarşik regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, bireyler başkalarına göre kendi refah düzeyi algılamasında yükseldikçe, gelirin mutluluk üzerindeki etkisi zayıflamaktadır. Bu bulgular, yüksek refah düzeyi algılaması durumlarında bile bireylerin mutlu olamadıklarını ortaya koyması açısından önem arz etmektedir.

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