Arbeitspapier
The Relationship between Subjective Wellbeing and Subjective Wellbeing Inequality: Taking Ordinality and Skewness Seriously
We argue that the relationship between individual satisfaction with life (SWL) and SWL inequality is more complex than described by leading earlier research such as Goff, Helliwell, and Mayraz (Economic Inquiry, 2018). Using inequality indices appropriate for ordinal data, our analysis using the World Values Survey reveals that skewness of the SWL distribution, not only inequality, matters for individual SWL outcomes; so too does whether we look upwards or downwards at the (skewed) distribution. Our results are consistent with there being negative (positive) externalities for an individual's SWL from seeing people who are low (high) in the SWL distribution.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13692
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
General Welfare; Well-Being
- Thema
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subjective wellbeing
ordinal data
inequality
skewness
WVS
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Grimes, Arthur
Jenkins, Stephen P.
Tranquilli, Florencia
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Grimes, Arthur
- Jenkins, Stephen P.
- Tranquilli, Florencia
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2020
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