Financial & Material Stability

Subjective Financial Wellbeing

This study analyzes subjective financial well-being—how individuals perceive their financial situation—across 22 culturally diverse countries, integrating psychological and economic perspectives.

Researchers

Matt Bradshaw

Baylor University, Sociology

Israel

Piotr T. Bialowolski

Kozminski University (Poland), Economics

Dorota Maria Weziak-Bialowolska

Kozminski University (Poland), Economics/Sociology

Poland

Christos Makridis

Stanford U. / Arizona State U. / University of Nicosia, Economics

Craig Gundersen

Baylor University, Economics

Sung Joon Jang

Baylor University, Sociology

Jeff Levin

Baylor University, Epidemiology / Medical Humanities

Tyler VanderWeele

Harvard University, Epidemiology / Biostatistics

Byron R. Johnson

Baylor University, Institute for Studies of Religion/Sociology

The Question:

What individual and early-life factors are associated with subjective financial well-being? How does perceived financial comfort diverge from objective income measures across different socio-economic and cultural contexts?