Relative Income Position and Happiness: Are Cabinet Supporters Different from Others in Japan?

Eiji Yamamura (), Yoshiro Tsutsui () and Fumio Ohtake

The Japanese Economic Review, 2016, vol. 67, issue 4, No 1, 383-402

Abstract: Abstract During the period of 2001–2006, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) adopted a market-oriented policy under the Koizumi cabinet. Using data covering the Koizumi and first Abe cabinets, the present paper attempts to examine whether the effects of relative income differ between supporters and non-supporters of the Koizumi cabinet. Key findings are as follows: within the Koizumi cabinet period, a relatively low-income position is negatively related to happiness for non-LDP supporters but not for LDP supporters. However, under the period of the first Abe cabinet, the difference in the effect of relative income for LDP supporters and others disappears. These results imply that an expectation of market outcomes leads to a difference in the effect of relative income position on happiness levels.

Date: 2016
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