Arbeitspapier
Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : A revised version
We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre- and post-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. Three different inequality measures are used. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find only weak evidence that Germans are inequality averse. Inequality reduction by the state does not increase wellbeing. On the contrary, inequality reduction imposes an excess burden on middle-income earners. The paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (GSOEP) from 1985 to 1998.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 974
General Welfare; Well-Being
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
redistribution
life satisfaction
panel data
Einkommensverteilung
Soziale Werte
Einkommensumverteilung
Lebensqualität
Schätzung
Deutschland
Lebenszufriedenheit
Härpfer, Marco
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Schwarze, Johannes
- Härpfer, Marco
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2003