The Amount and Source of Millionaires' Wealth (Moderately) Predict Their Happiness
The Amount and Source of Millionaires' Wealth (Moderately) Predict Their Happiness
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167217744766
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发表时间：
2018-05-01
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4
通讯作者：
Norton, Michael I.
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作者：
Donnelly, Grant E.;Zheng, Tianyi;Norton, Michael I.
两个超过4,000名百万富翁的样本揭示了两个主要发现：第一，只有在超过800万美元（研究1）和1000万美元（研究2）的高财富水平下，富有的百万富翁才会比财富水平较低的百万富翁更快乐，尽管这些差异在幅度上是适度的。第二，在控制总财富的情况下，通过自己的努力获得财富的百万富翁比继承财富的百万富翁要幸福一些。总的来说，这些结果表明，在百万富翁中，只有在财富水平非常高的情况下，而且当财富是通过自己的努力而不是继承来的时候，财富才有可能带来更大的幸福感。
Two samples of more than 4,000 millionaires reveal two primary findings: First, only at high levels of wealthin excess of US$8 million (Study 1) and US$10 million (Study 2)are wealthier millionaires happier than millionaires with lower levels of wealth, though these differences are modest in magnitude. Second, controlling for total wealth, millionaires who have earned their wealth are moderately happier than those who inherited it. Taken together, these results suggest that, among millionaires, wealth may be likely to pay off in greater happiness only at very high levels of wealth, and when that wealth was earned rather than inherited.