Economists are increasingly interested in subjective well-being, but the economic literature on perceptions of income … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …

) - have significantly lower income aspiration when compared to Other Backward Class (OBC) and Other Caste (OC) participants … their lower income aspiration levels, in comparison with all other groups. Thus, our results support the hypothesis of …

show that low-income Protestants exposed to the "blessed" narrative are less likely to redistribute wealth compared to …

judgements implicit in tax and transfer policy provides a fresh perspective on the evolution of income inequality and …

Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from … the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries … income inequality and government size, measured as the government expenditure share in GDP. Using a novel instrument – the …

This paper refines the concept of disposable income by incorporating governmentprovided in-kind benefits for education … including these elements significantly reduces income inequality, as seen in a decrease in the Gini coefficient across all … examined countries. While direct taxes and cash benefits are the main drivers of redistribution, in-kind benefits also play a …