Artikel

Ungleichheit: Wahrnehmung und Wirklichkeit – ein internationaler Vergleich

Based on a cross-national comparison, there is virtually no empirical relationship between the actual size of income inequality within a country and how critically people view these income differences. This finding is revealed by subjective inequality data on 23 European countries and the US. Instead, views on income distribution can be far better explained by the subjective perception of inequality within a society. Similarly, redistributive preferences are less influenced by actual distribution than by perceived inequality.

Language
Deutsch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Wirtschaftsdienst ; ISSN: 1613-978X ; Volume: 96 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: Sonderheft ; Pages: 13-18 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification
Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
Subject
Einkommensverteilung
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Vergleich
Europa
USA

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Niehues, Judith
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Springer
(where)
Heidelberg
(when)
2016

DOI
doi:10.1007/s10273-016-1945-9
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  • Niehues, Judith
  • Springer

Time of origin

  • 2016

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