This paper contributes to the literature by testing the effect of a household's relative position on its subjective well‐being. Our results show that both self‐perceived status and relative income have significant effects on the subjective well‐being of households located in the Peruvian Amazon. The paper also considers negative random shocks and shows that non‐agricultural shocks have a negative effect on subjective well‐being. These results imply that public policies aimed toward the improvement of rural households' well‐being in the Peruvian Amazon should look beyond poverty reduction and consider also the positive effects that inequality reduction can have on subjective well‐being.

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社会比较和负面冲击是否会影响穷人的主观幸福感？来自秘鲁亚马逊的证据

本文通过测试家庭相对位置对其主观幸福感的影响，为文献做出了贡献。我们的结果表明，自我感知的地位和相对收入都对位于秘鲁亚马逊地区的家庭的主观幸福感产生了重大影响。本文还考虑了负面的随机冲击，并表明非农业冲击对主观幸福感有负面影响。这些结果表明，旨在改善秘鲁亚马逊河地区农村家庭福祉的公共政策应不仅限于减少贫困，还应考虑减少不平等现象对主观福祉的积极影响。