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The great happiness moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287229
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Economic Growth Evens-out Happiness: Evidence from Six Surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267929
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The Great Happiness Moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010565839
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Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Ramos, Xavier - 2010
relationship between individuals inequality and risk aversion. The empirical analysis uses the German SOEP household panel for the … years 1997 to 2007 to conclude that the negative effect of inequality measured by the sample gini coefficient by year and … suggest that even though inequality and risk aversion are related, they are not the same thing. The paper shows that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600914
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Income mobility
Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2013
We survey the literature on income mobility, aiming to provide an integrated discussion of mobility within- and between-generations. We review mobility concepts, descriptive devices, measurement methods, data sources, and recent empirical evidence.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327284
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The evolution of income inequality in Germany and Switzerland since the turn of the millennium
Grabka, Markus M.; Kuhn, Ursina - 2012
This paper presents and compares trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using … harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). Whereas in Germany inequality has … increased substantially during this period, in Switzerland inequality in market incomes has increased only marginally and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287226
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Income Mobility
Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
We survey the literature on income mobility, aiming to provide an integrated discussion of mobility within- and between-generations. We review mobility concepts, descriptive devices, measurement methods, data sources, and recent empirical evidence.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128997
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The Evolution of Income Inequality in Germany and Switzerland since the Turn of the Millennium
Grabka, Markus M.; Kuhn, Ursina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper presents and compares trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using … harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). Whereas in Germany inequality has … increased substantially during this period, in Switzerland inequality in market incomes has increased onlymarginally and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787003
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Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Ramos, Xavier - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
relationship between individuals inequality and risk aversion. The empirical analysis uses the German SOEP household panel for the … years 1997 to 2007 to conclude that the negative effect of inequality measured by the sample gini coefficient by year and … suggest that even though inequality and risk aversion are related, they are not the same thing. The paper shows that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636408
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Why Are Middle-Aged People so Depressed? Evidence from West Germany
Brockmann, Hilke - 2009
Does happiness vary with age? The evidence is inconclusive. Some studies show happiness to increase with age (Diener et al. 1999; Argyle 2001). Others hold that the association is U-shaped with either highest depression rates (Mroczek and Christian, 1998; Blanchflower and Oswald, 2008) or highest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600876