Arbeitspapier

Income inequality and happiness: Is there a relationship?

This paper uses fixed effects regressions to examine the relationship between happiness and income inequality in 30 countries. It has three major findings. First, happiness and income inequality are correlated in the expected direction; high income inequality correlates with a smaller share of happy people and a higher share of unhappy people. Second, different regions have characteristics that strongly mediate the effect of income inequality on happiness. Third, the correlation between income inequality and happiness is of a similar magnitude to the correlation between median income and happiness.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: LIS Working Paper Series ; No. 614

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Alois, Paul
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
(wo)
Luxembourg
(wann)
2014

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Alois, Paul
  • Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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