[stevedekorte]

Unless income is randomly assigned, how do we draw any causal conclusions?

For example, what if being predisposed to certain kinds of anxiety tend to cause one to both make more money in order to have more security, and never be satisfied with that security?

[jhall1468]

Because that variable is likely insanely small. High paying jobs generally have a lot of anxiety associated with them, whether it’s difficult interviews, a great deal of education or whatever.