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dc.contributor.authorMacunovich, Diane J.en
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-05-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-23T11:31:54Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-23T11:31:54Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201106013485en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51641-
dc.description.abstractStudies using the Gini Index as a measure of income inequality have consistently found a positive and significant effect of the Gini on both happiness and life satisfaction. Two new measures used here - the ratio of persons in the lowest income decile relative to the number in the highest, and the ratio of the number in the lowest social class relative to the number in the highest, in a given country - as developed from the World Values Survey data, are shown here to have a negative and significant effect on both happiness and life satisfaction. This effect holds overall across countries, and for individuals within most income and class categories.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5734en
dc.subject.jelI3en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordinequalityen
dc.subject.keywordhappinessen
dc.subject.keywordlife satisfactionen
dc.titleA note on inequality aversion across countries, using two new measures-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn669370398en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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