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Owning one of the devices from the Apple family is said to be a strong sign that your income is at a high level. At least according to the latest study from National Bureau of Economic Research. Two University of Chicago economists, Marianne Bertrand and Emir Kamenica, collected all available data and they analyzed temporal trends and differences in income, education, gender, race, and political ideology. Finally, they came to an interesting conclusion.

The documentary deals with the topic of households, high incomes and what products are best used to determine whether a person has a high income or not. If he owns an iPhone, there is a 69% chance he has a higher income. But the same applies to iPad owners. According to research, even an iPad can be a great sign that its owner earns more money. In this case, however, the percentage dropped slightly to 67%. But owners of Android devices or Verizon users are not far behind, and economists have determined that they have a roughly 60 percent chance of high income.

It is interesting how the products that determine the income of their owners change over the years. While today it is about owning an iPhone, iPad, Android phone or Samsung TV, in 1992 it was different. People with higher incomes recognized each other by using Kodak film and buying Hellmann's mayonnaise. In 2004, people with higher incomes had Toshiba televisions in their homes, used AT&T, and had Land O'Lakes Regular butter in their refrigerators. What products will probably be a sign of higher income in, for example, 10 years? We don't even dare to guess.

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