When income inequality increases when average income levels increase, rises in average income levels might result in … inequality costs. This paper develops marginal social welfare measures that account for the possibility that income inequality … beneficial in rich urban areas with high valuations of equality where income inequality increases in income. …

well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up …

In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to … analogue of the objective income concept and includes objective income inequality as a special case. The paper introduces a … method to decompose Income Satisfaction Inequality according to the contributions from variables such as income, education …

Meritocratic fairness justifies inequality when it stems from performance. Yet performance is influenced by one … generating performance inequality. In an incentivized online experiment, impartial spectators can redistribute the earnings that … generating performance inequality. …