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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
the World Values Survey data and a broad set of fairness measures, we find strong support for the negative (positive …-mobility countries turn out to be ambiguous. -- Happiness ; life satisfaction ; subjective well-being ; inequality ; income distribution … ; redistribution ; political ideology ; justice ; fairness ; World Values Survey …
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 91 (2013) C, pp. 75-92
We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and subjective well-being, and that there are systematic differences in this regard between countries that are characterized by a high or, respectively, low level of actual...
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Chapter 13. Attitudes to Income Inequality : Experimental and Survey Evidence
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 1147-1208). 2015
We review the survey and experimental findings in the literature on attitudes to income inequality. We interpret the latter as any disparity in incomes between individuals. We classify these findings into two broad types of individual attitudes toward the income distribution in a society: the...
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Inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in East and West Germany
Kuhn, Andreas - 2011
This paper studies differences in inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences between East and West Germany. As expected, there are substantial differences with respect to all three of these measures. Surprisingly, however, differences in distributional norms are...
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Fairness perceptions, happiness, and behavioral intentions in trade fairs : an investigation from the relational model of justice
Rai, Shivam; Narwal, Preeti - In: Journal of business-to-business marketing 31 (2024) 2, pp. 243-259
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I perceive therefore I demand : the formation of inequality perceptions and demand for redistribution
Bussolo, Maurizio; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Giolbas, Anna; … - 2019
This paper investigates the link between inequality and demand for redistribution by looking at how individuals form their perceptions of inequality. Most of the literature analyzing demand for redistribution has focused on objective inequality, rather than subjective perceptions of inequality....
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Happiness economics
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 1, pp. 35-60
asked to value on a finite scale their satisfaction with their own lives, a question that psychologists have long and often … have been using thismeasure of self-reported satisfaction as a proxy for utility so as to contribute to a better … understanding of individuals’ tastes and hopefully behavior. By means of satisfaction questions we can elicit information on …
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Reduction of income inequality and subjective well-being in Europe
Hajdu, Tamás; Hajdu, Gábor - 2014
Using four waves of the European Social Survey (179,273 individuals from 29 countries) the authors analyze the association of reduction of income inequality by governmental taxes and transfers (redistribution) with subjective well-being. Their results provide evidence that people in Europe are...
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How redistributive is fiscal policy in Latin America? : the case of Chile and Mexico
Castelletti, Barbara - 2013
This paper looks at the incidence of fiscal policy on the income distribution for Chile and Mexico. Notably by broadening the income concept to account for in-kind benefits and taxes, this paper provides a full picture of the effect of fiscal policy on reducing income inequality. The contrast...
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About face : seeing class and race
Paul, Mark; Gaither, Sarah E.; Darity, William A. <Jr.> - In: Journal of economic issues 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
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