Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy … social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find …