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Knowing that you are paid less than your peers has two effects on happiness.One is negative: athinner pay packet hurts self-esteem ( 自尊).The other is called the "tunnel" effect: the income gap isseen as improving your own chances of similar riches.
A paper co-authored by Felix FitzRoy of the University of St.Andrews separates the two effectsusing data from household surveys in Germany.Previous work showed that the income of others canhave a small, or even positive, overall effect on employees" satisfaction in individual finns in Denmarkor in very dynamic economies, such as Eastern Europe.But Mr.FitzRoy"s tean~ proposed that olderworkers, who largely know their lifetime incomes already, will enjoy a much smaller tunnel effect.Thenegative effect on reported levels of happiness of being paid less than your peers is not visible for peopleaged under 45.In western Germany, seeing peers" incomes rising actually makes young people happier.It is only those people over 45, when careers have "reached a stable position", whose happiness is harmed by the success of others.
The prospect of more than 20 years of hard work might make retirement seem more attractive.Those with jobs are no happier after they retire, however, perhaps because their lives already agree with social expectations.Unemployment is known to damage happiness because not working falls shortof social expectations.Pensions or increased leisure time cannot make up for the loss of social acceptance.Unemployed people are dissatisfied with their life not only because they have lowerincomes, but also because they may get low and negative recognition from others.
Indeed, retiring early from work can have side-effects.Another paper, co-authored by AndreasKuhn of the University of Zurich, investigates the effect of a change in Austrian employment-insurancerules that allow blue-collar workers earlier retirement in some regions than others.Men retiring a yearearly lower their chance of surviving to age 67 by 13%.Almost a third of this higher death rate seemed
to be concentrated among those who were forced into early retirement by job loss.The death wascaused by smoking and alcohol consumption.If you"re in a job, even when you are paid less, hang on in there.
One of the effects of lower pay than your peers‘ is that__________. 查看材料
A.it can motivate you to struggle for a similar salary
B.it can inspire you to argue with your manager
C.it may make you feel proud of your peers
D.it may force you to quit your current work
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正确答案:A
全文翻译:知道自己比同事的薪水少,对自己的幸福感会产生两种效应。一种是负面效应:较少的薪水会伤害到自尊心。(51)另一种被称为“隧道”效应:收入差距会促使你争取拿到类似薪水的机会。圣安德鲁斯大学的菲利克斯·菲茨罗伊与人合写了一篇论文,利用对德国家庭调查获得的数据来区分这两种效应。(52)先前的研究表明,在丹麦或者很有活力的经济体国家(比如东欧)的个体企业,其他人的收入会对职员的满意度产生较小甚至是正面的总体效应。但是菲茨罗伊的团队提出,对于那些已经基本上知道自己终身收入的年纪较大的员工。隧道效应则要小得多。对于那些45岁以下的员工,比同事薪水少对所报道的幸福感水平所造成的负面影响并不明显。在德国西部,看到同事收入增长实际上使年轻人觉得更幸福。(53)只有那些“处于事业稳定期”的45岁以上的员工,他们的幸福感才会因为别人的成功而受到伤害。20多年的辛苦工作使退休看起来更吸引人。然而,那些有工作的人退休后并没有更幸福,可能是因为他们的生活已经和社会期望一致。(54)众所周知,失业有损于幸福感,因为没有工作的人辜负了社会期望。这种社会认可的缺失是养老金或更多的空暇时间无法弥补的。(54)失业的人对生活的失落感,不仅仅是因为低收入,还因为他们可能会从其他人那里得到较低的和负面的认可。实际上,过早退休会产生副作用。苏黎世大学的安德烈亚斯·库恩与人合写的另一篇论文调查了奥地利就业保障法变更带来的效应,这一法规允许某些地区的蓝领工人比别人提早退休。提前一年退休的男性活到67岁的几率降低了l3%。(65)几乎三分之一的这种较高死亡率似乎集中在那些因为失业而被迫提早退休的人当中。吸烟和酗酒是导致死亡的因素。如果你现在有一份工作,即使薪水较低,也要坚持下去。详解定位;由题干中的effects和lowerpaythanyourpeers’定位到原文第一段。详解;事实细节题。本题考查薪水比同事低带来的影响。原文第一段末句提到,收入差距会促使你争取拿到类似薪水的机会。也就是说,它会激励你奋发得到类似的薪水,故答案为A.。B.“它会激励你和经理争论”,原文未提及,故排除;C.“它会使你为同事感到骄傲”是对第二段第五句“在德国西部,看到同事收入增长实际上使年轻人觉得更幸福”的曲解,原文说的是在德国西部的情况,C.属于扩大范围,故排除;D.“它会迫使你辞掉当前的工作”是对第一段第二句“较少的薪水会伤害到自尊心”的过度推断,故排除。

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