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dc.contributor.authorStevenson, Betseyen
dc.contributor.authorWolfers, Justinen
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-22-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:34:06Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:34:06Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008082089en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35143-
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how the level and dispersion of self-reported happiness has evolved over the period 1972-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s. There have been large changes in the level of happiness across groups: Two-thirds of the black-white happiness gap has been eroded, and the gender happiness gap has disappeared entirely. Paralleling changes in the income distribution, differences in happiness by education have widened substantially. We develop an integrated approach to measuring inequality and decomposing changes in the distribution of happiness, finding a pervasive decline in within-group inequality during the 1970s and 1980s that was experienced by even narrowly-defined demographic groups. Around one-third of this decline has subsequently been unwound. Juxtaposing these changes with large rises in income inequality suggests an important role for non-pecuniary factors in shaping the well-being distribution.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3624en
dc.subject.jelD3en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHappinessen
dc.subject.keywordsubjective well-beingen
dc.subject.keywordinequalityen
dc.subject.stwLebenszufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwSoziale Ungleichheiten
dc.subject.stwPersönlichkeitspsychologieen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwRasseen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleHappiness inequality in the United States-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn576953326en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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