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Measuring Income Inequality under Restricted Interpersonal Comparability

Mogstad, Magne - 2007

relevant non-income heterogeneity, and then aggregate across individuals. Second, we use the observed income data and account … for non-income heterogeneity at the aggregation stage. Results based on a Norwegian register household panel data set …

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Efficiency and voluntary redistribution under inequality

Aoyagi, Masaki; Nishimura, Naoko; Okano, Yoshitaka - 2017

This paper presents an experimental analysis of 2x2 coordination games in which player 1 earns a substantially higher payoff than player 2 except in the inefficient equilibrium where they earn the same payoffs. The main focus is on the comparison of two treatments with and without the ex post...

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Tax morale and fairness in conflict : an experiment

Engel, Christoph; Mittone, Luigi; Morreale, Azzurra - 2019

Arguably, for many citizens the perceived expected disutility from sanctions is smaller than the monetary gain from tax evasion. Nevertheless most people pay their taxes most of the time. In a lab experiment, we show that the willingness to pay taxes even absent enforcement is indeed pronounced....

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On Comparing Heterogenous Populations: is there really a Conflict between the Pareto Criterion and Inequality Aversion?

Chapeau, Bart; Ooghe, Erwin - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2004

The incompatibility between the Pareto indifference criterion and a concern for greater equality in living standards of heterogenous populations (see, amongst others, Ebert, 1995, 1997, Ebert and Moyes, 2003 and Shorrocks, 1995) might come as a surprise, since both principles are reconcilable...

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Measuring Income Inequality under Restricted Interpersonal Comparability

Mogstad, Magne - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2007

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Inequality and Happiness

Biancotti, Claudia; D'Alessio, Giovanni - Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione … - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs and inclinations. Drawing upon opinion data from the European Social Survey for twenty-three countries, we found that individual views on a wide range of themes can be...

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Inequality and Happiness

Biancotti, Claudia; D'Alessio, Giovanni - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs and inclinations. Drawing upon opinion data from the European Social Survey for twenty-three countries, we find that individual views on a wide range of themes can be...

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Equality of Opportunity, Heterogeneity and Poverty

Nilsson, William - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005

identical twins, this study takes advantage of the similarity within pairs of twins to separate family specific heterogeneity … whether an individual received social assistance as a measure of poverty, family specific heterogeneity explains between 24 … selection problem can occur. To deal with this problem, and also to take care of unobserved heterogeneity, a sample selection …

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The Dynamics of Low Income and Persistent Poverty Among U.S. Families

Hisnanick, John James Hisnanick, Jr. - In: Journal of Income Distribution 16 (2007) 1, pp. 115-132

Are those in poverty likely to remain there or can they move out of this situation without help from other sources? Our understanding of those in or near poverty is primarily based upon the analysis of either annual income or the income distribution from cross-sectional survey data. It has been...

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Values, inequality and happiness

Biancotti, Claudia; D'Alessio, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs and inclinations. Drawing upon opinion data from the European Social Survey for twenty-three countries, we find that individual views on a wide range of themes can be...

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