Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/251380 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] DIW Weekly Report [ISSN:] 2568-7697 [Volume:] 12 [Issue:] 9/10 [Publisher:] Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) [Place:] Berlin [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 67-73
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
European societies have been experiencing growing income and wealth inequalities over the past few decades, and, accordingly, they are a topic of intense discussion. Although the population's evaluation of inequalities as just or unjust is important for designing social policies, there has been little research on this evaluation. To close this gap, we use justice evaluations of income and wealth in the European Social Survey (2018/2019). We identify four types of justice profiles among the active working population in Europe: critics, altruists, the deprived, and status quo supporters. These groups differ in terms of if and where they perceive injustice in the income and wealth distributions. Most respondents are either critics, who perceive injustice in all dimensions and support redistribution, or altruists, who assess their own situation as just but the societal income and wealth differences as unjust. Policymakers should address the widespread concern about social justice and consider where injustice is perceived in the income and wealth distributions when designing policies.
Subjects: 
Social justice
Income and wealth inequalities
Europe
JEL: 
D31
D63
J30
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Document Type: 
Article

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