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dc.contributor.authorSchwarze, Johannesen
dc.contributor.authorHärpfer, Marcoen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:40:28Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:40:28Z-
dc.date.issued2002-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18269-
dc.description.abstractWe 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDIW Discussion Papers |x285en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInequality aversionen
dc.subject.keywordredistributionen
dc.subject.keywordlife satisfactionen
dc.subject.keywordpanel dataen
dc.subject.stwEinkommensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Werteen
dc.subject.stwEinkommensumverteilungen
dc.subject.stwLebensqualitäten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwLebenszufriedenheiten
dc.titleAre People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? Evidence From German Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn848961323en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp285en

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