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inequality in different ways and their demand for redistribution substantially depends on the subjective and not on the objective … income position. Concerning perception of changes in inequality, we found that the more people feel that inequalities are …
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In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
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association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that … people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of inequality has a positive effect on well …-being. Since the authors simultaneously estimate the effects of income inequality and its reduction, their results indicate that …
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association of reduction of income inequality by governmental taxes and transfers (redistribution) with subjective well …-being. Their results provide evidence that people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of … inequality has a positive effect on well-being. Since the authors simultaneously estimate the effects of income inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420030
This article presents a novel explanation why demand for redistribution on average does not respond to information on low intergenerational mobility. Building on insights from behavioral economics, we expect that incentives to update perceptions of intergenerational mobility change along the...
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This article presents a novel explanation why demand for redistribution on average does not respond to information on low intergenerational mobility. Building on insights from behavioral economics, we expect that incentives to update perceptions of intergenerational mobility change along the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321966
metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social … cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of inequality - heterogeneity in income below the national level. We … inequality between and within countries. In particular, we demonstrate that climate and distributional policy cannot be separated …
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Using four waves of the European Social Survey, we analyze the association of income inequality and redistribution with … subjective well-being. Our results provide evidence that people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, while … reduction of inequality has a positive effect on well-being. Since we simultaneously estimate the effects of inequality and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764556
between income inequality, group-specific income redistribution, and subjective well-being among China's urban, rural, and … migrant populations. Using narrowly defined reference groups, our findings suggest that within-group inequality does not …
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This paper explores the perceptions of inequality and their associations with social mobility exploiting the ISSP and … more tolerant to income inequality than a less mobile and segmented one? The intuitive answer seems to be an obvious “yes …
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