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Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction
Schwarze, Johannes; Härpfer, Marco - 2002
We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...
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Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule : A Model of Personal Rule
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Verdier, Thierry - 2021
. Kleptocratic policies are more likely when foreign aid and rents from natural resources provide rulers with substantial resources …
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Voters prefer more qualified mayors, but does it matter for public finances? : evidence for Germany
Freier, Ronny; Thomasius, Sebastian - 2012
This paper studies the importance of politician's qualification, in terms of education and experience, for fiscal outcomes. The analysis is based on a large panel for 2,031 German municipalities for which we have collected information on municipal budgets as well as the election results and...
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Corruption and natural resource rents : evidence from quantile regression
Okada, Keisuke; Samreth, Sovannroeun - In: Applied economics letters 24 (2017) 20, pp. 1490-1493
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...
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Effects of public sector wages on corruption : wage inequality matters
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Lokshin, Michael; Kolchin, Vladimir - Weltbankgruppe - 2021
The paper uses a new country-level, panel data set to study the effect of public sector wages on corruption. The … results show that wage inequality in the public sector is an important determinant of the effectiveness of anti-corruption … policies. Increasing the wages of public officials could help reduce corruption in countries with low public sector wage …
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Corruption and cheating : evidence from rural Thailand
Hübler, Olaf; Koch, Melanie; Menkhoff, Lukas; Schmidt, … - 2020
This study tests the prediction that perceived corruption reduces ethical behavior. Integrating a standard "cheating … corruption in state affairs are more likely to cheat and, thus, to fortify the negative consequences of corruption. Interestingly …
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Hypertension and life satisfaction : an analysis using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
Mojon-Azzi, Stefania; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - In: Applied economics letters 18 (2011) 1/3, pp. 183-187
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Impact of income and unemployment on happiness : panel data evidence for European countries
Cimpoeru, Smaranda - In: Applied economics letters 30 (2023) 8, pp. 1047-1051
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A note on the high stability of happiness : the minimal effects of a nuclear catastrophe on life satisfaction
Berger, Eva M. (contributor) - 2008
Using life satisfaction as a direct measure of individual utility has become popular in the empirical economic literature. In this context, it is crucial to know what circumstances or changes the measure is sensitive to. Is life satisfaction a volatile concept that is affected by minor changes...
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