@techreport{Schwarze2002People,
abstract = {We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are inequality averse over the entire income distribution. However, inequality reduction by the state does not increase well-being. On the contrary, inequality reduction places something of an excess burden on middle-income earners. The paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (GSOEP) from 1985 to 1998.},
address = {Berlin},
author = {Johannes Schwarze and Marco H\"{a}rpfer},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D31; D63; I31; C23; 330; Inequality aversion; redistribution; life satisfaction; panel data; Einkommensverteilung; Soziale Werte; Einkommensumverteilung; Lebensqualit\"{a}t; Sch\"{a}tzung; Deutschland; Lebenszufriedenheit},
language = {eng},
number = {285},
publisher = {Deutsches Institut f\"{u}r Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)},
title = {Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? Evidence From German Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction},
type = {DIW-Diskussionspapiere},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18269},
year = {2002}
}
