Essays about: "Keeping up with the Joneses"

Found 2 essays containing the words Keeping up with the Joneses.

1. 1. Keeping up with the Joneses. All around the World.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Renske Wolters; Thomas Roos; [2014]
   Keywords : Social Multiplier; Keeping up with the Joneses; Social Comparison; Reference Frames; Social Network Sites; Globalization; Digitalization; Social Anxiety; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : RESEARCH QUESTION: How do virtualization and globalization processes in contemporary consumer society alter the working of the social multiplier? PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to shed light upon the, nowadays, complex social comparison processes by looking at the working and the effects of the social multiplier in contemporary consumer society. RELEVANCE: We believe that the increased use of social network sites alter the working of the social multiplier –for better or worse. READ MORE

3. 2. Keeping up with the Joneses, the neighbors and the richest - Can time-varying keeping up parameters explain the relationship between income inequality and household debt?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Elin Molin; Paula Roth; [2013]
   Keywords : Income inequality; Household debt; Catching up with; Keeping up with the Joneses; Consumption theory;

   Abstract : Many OECD countries have experienced a large increase in household debt during the last two decades. Simultaneously, income inequality has risen in most of the western world. This trend has been particularly notable in the US. READ MORE