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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of individual labor-market participation under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683292
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match.
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and subjective well-being, and that there are systematic differences in this regard between countries that are characterized by a high or, respectively, low level of actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112607
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557077
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557081
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Estimating sign-dependent societal preferences for quality of life
Attema, Arthur; Brouwer, Werner; l'Haridon, Olivier; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper is the first to apply prospect theory to societal health-related decision making. In particular, we allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112682
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‘Williamson's Fallacy’ in Estimation of Inter-Regional Inequality
Gluschenko, Konstantin - 2017
When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943787
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Education Inequality, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality : Evidence from Indonesia, 1996-2005
Digdowiseiso, Kumba - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143699
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A review and meta-analysis of health state utility values in breast cancer
Peasgood, T; Ward, S; Brazier, J - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Background and purpose Health-related quality of life is an important issue in the treatment of breast cancer, and … health-state utilities are essential for cost-utility analysis. This paper identifies and summarises published utilities for … common health-related quality of life outcomes for breast cancer, considers the impact of variation in study designs used …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008927073
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What do we know about non-clinical interventions for preventable and treatable childhood diseases in developing countries?
Seguin, Maureen; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
proportion of child deaths are caused by these diseases is symptomatic of dysfunctional policy strategies and health systems in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110706
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Sustainable Heterogeneity as the Unique Socially Optimal Allocation for Almost All Social Welfare Functions
Harashima, Taiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The socially optimal allocation has been regarded to be unspecifiable because of utility’s interpersonal incomparability, Arrow’s general possibility theorem, and other factors. This paper examines this problem by focusing not on the social welfare function but instead on the utility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259529