Alesina, Alberto F; Di Tella, Rafael; MacCulloch, Robert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
The answer to the question posed in the title is ‘yes’. Using a total of 128,106 answers to a survey question about ‘happiness’, we find that there is a large, negative and significant effect of inequality on happiness in Europe but not in the US. There are two potential explanations....