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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 …
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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 …
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inequality. This paper presents an experiment which disentangles concerns for risk and inequality in a social risk context … terms of dispersion. We disentangle four types of dispersion: ex ante inequality, ex post inequality, individual risk, and … collective risk. The results show that people are averse towards ex ante inequality and individual risk, whereas they are ex post …
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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. …
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Meta-analysis is a research method to synthesise previously obtained researchresults. It is best seen as a statistical approach towards reviewing and summarising theliterature. This paper aims to introduce and critically review the research method ofmeta-analysis and to illustrate its potential...
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The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extendedby the UN has been both widely used and … strongly criticized. The criticisms raisequestions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general … new dataset of consistent inequality series,allowing us to explore problems of measurement error. In addition, the new …
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There has been wide interest in private supply of roads as a solution to traffic congestion. We study its efficiency under demand uncertainty: we solve for equilibrium and optimum as benchmarks, and evaluate the efficiency of possible regulatory policies for private road operators. We obtain...
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In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...
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method to unravel the contributions of income growth, income inequality and differential income mobility across socio … Conditions (SILC) for the period 2004-2012. We find a modest rise in health inequality by income in Spain in the five years of … age may reduce health inequality in the short run after an economic recession. …
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In many business transactions, in labor-management relations, in internationalconflicts, and welfare state reforms bargainers hold strong entitlements that are oftengenerated by claims that are not feasible any more. These entitlements seem to considerablyshape negotiation behavior. By using the...
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