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dc.contributor.author | Schwarze, Johannes | en |
dc.contributor.author | Härpfer, Marco | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T15:40:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T15:40:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18269 | - |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlin | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aDIW Discussion Papers |x285 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D31 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D63 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I31 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C23 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Inequality aversion | en |
dc.subject.keyword | redistribution | en |
dc.subject.keyword | life satisfaction | en |
dc.subject.keyword | panel data | en |
dc.subject.stw | Einkommensverteilung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Soziale Werte | en |
dc.subject.stw | Einkommensumverteilung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebensqualität | en |
dc.subject.stw | Schätzung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Deutschland | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebenszufriedenheit | en |
dc.title | Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? Evidence From German Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 848961323 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp285 | en |
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