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1. Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : A revised version

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Schwarze, Johannes and Härpfer, Marco

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Soziale Werte, Einkommensumverteilung, Lebenszufriedenheit, redistribution, panel data, Einkommensverteilung, inequality aversion, ddc:330, I31, D63, Deutschland, D31, life satisfaction, C23, Lebensqualität, Schätzung
Abstract

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre- and post-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. Three different inequality measures are used. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find only weak evidence that Germans are inequality averse. Inequality reduction by the state does not increase wellbeing. On the contrary, inequality reduction imposes an excess burden on middle-income earners. The paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (GSOEP) from 1985 to 1998.

Published
2003

2. Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state?: Evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction

Author

Schwarze, Johannes and Härpfer, Marco

Subjects
*INCOME inequality, *INCOME, *SOCIOECONOMICS, *EQUALITY
Abstract

Abstract: We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre- and post-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. Three different inequality measures are used. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find evidence that Germans are inequality averse. Inequality reduction by the state does not increase well-being. On the contrary, inequality reduction imposes an excess burden on middle-income earners. The paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (GSOEP) from 1985 to 1998. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2007
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