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In this review, I provide an overview of the literature investigating the social psychology of economic inequality …, focusing on individuals' understandings, perceptions, and reactions to inequality. I begin by describing different ways of … measuring perceptions of inequality, and conclude that absolute measures-which ask respondents to estimate inequality in more …
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We ask whether, as many seem to think, corruption worsens, and judicial accountability improves, inequality, and … accountability to gross-income inequality and consumption inequality. The study shows that corruption is negatively, and that … investigate this empirically using data from 145 countries 1960.2014. We relate perceived corruption and de facto judicial …
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economic outcomes and achieve social integration. The objective of this paper is to analyse Inequality of Opportunity (IOp), a …
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We examine the effects of emigration and remittances on the corruption experience of migrant household members staying … in the countries of origin. We hypothesize that the effects of emigration on corruption can be both positive (via migrant …
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analyse social variables such as unemployment and standard of living, and political variables such as corruption, political … stability, government effectiveness, rule of law and the level of corruption in the migration of citizens. For this purpose, we … migration. The paper does not find a statistically significant influence of the level of corruption on migration. The …
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In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
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-material factors. Besides income and wealth, other dimensions of inequality including education, occupational prestige, parental …Die Arbeit untersucht die Wahrnehmung von Ungleichheit am Beispiel des subjektiven sozialen Status für 18 europäische …
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aggregate-level inequality measures and individuals' subjective perception of wage inequality, it turns out that there is both a … inequality. Using internationally comparable survey data, the empirical part of the paper documents that there is huge variation … in inequality perceptions both across and within countries as well as survey-years. Focusing on the association between …
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The Inequality Barometer is an online survey first conducted in Germany in 2020. It gauges individual perceptions of … multiple aspects of inequality and social mobility as well as a range of policy preferences related to inequality. Responses … inequality and social mobility. In sum, we find that respondents underestimate the extent of inequality in important ways, which …
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with income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, we document a widespread, although modest …, decrease in the share of the population that believes income distribution is unfair. The fall in the perception of unfairness … inequality for 17 out of the 18 countries for which microdata is available. Our analysis reveals unfairness perceptions are more …
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