of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility … perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …

improves the workers’ outside options. Only if the latter become sufficiently attractive will redistribution induce some … upper limit for the generosity of the welfare state below which redistribution becomes less instead of more distortive. …

Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size … so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at lower cost. The French tax code should be simplified and changed …

The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income …-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA applications related to general well-being, inequalities, poverty and human …

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same … whether we compare individuals or countries, suggesting that absolute income plays an important role in influencing well …