Satisfaction with Life, Happiness, and Inequality – a Pseudo-Panel Study

Arbeitspapier

The hypothesis tested in this paper is whether the increasing inequality in recent years has had a significant impact on well-being among the population in Denmark. After a survey of the literature we use attitude variables from the European Social Survey in a pseudo-panel setting covering the years 2002 – 2014. We cover respondents from Denmark and supplement the survey data with variables from administrative registers. We find a significant effect from the increasing Gini coefficient since 2002.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12972

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; General Welfare; Well-Being
• Subject: pseudo-panel ; well-being ; inequality

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jensen, Søren ; Pedersen, Peder J.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/215368
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET