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association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that … not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution) that leads to the outcome influences subjective … people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of inequality has a positive effect on well …
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association of reduction of income inequality by governmental taxes and transfers (redistribution) with subjective well … its reduction, their results might indicate that not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution …-being. Their results provide evidence that people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of …
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This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human well-being, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and technological advance. We present two indexes of well-being - solidarity (S) and agency (A) - to be...
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they interact the most often. -- Income comparisons ; relative income ; reference groups ; happiness ; redistribution … redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income …
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redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income …
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This paper considers how lay theory and perceptions of issue ownership affect voters' expectations of political and economic developments. These expectations are likely to mediate the effects on subjective well-being of specific developments. Estimates employing a panel of 29 European countries...
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In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …
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This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. The present … work contributes to understanding the origin of standard income inequality, helping to identify potential institutional … setups that are associated to opportunity inequality. We distinguish between ex ante and ex post opportunity inequality. We …
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important for designing social policies, there has been little research on this evaluation. To close this gap, we use justice … evaluations of income and wealth in the European Social Survey (2018/2019). We identify four types of justice profiles among the …, who perceive injustice in all dimensions and support redistribution, or altruists, who assess their own situation as just …
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The present study compares the perceptions of fairness of national earned incomes between the populations of Germany …
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