| dc.creator |
Schwarze, Johannes |
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| dc.creator |
Härpfer, Marco |
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| dc.date |
2002 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T06:59:12Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T06:59:12Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18269 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:354866737 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18269 |
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| dc.description |
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. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
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| dc.relation |
DIW-Diskussionspapiere 285 |
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| dc.rights |
http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| dc.subject |
D31 |
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| dc.subject |
D63 |
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| dc.subject |
I31 |
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| dc.subject |
C23 |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
Inequality aversion |
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| dc.subject |
redistribution |
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| dc.subject |
life satisfaction |
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| dc.subject |
panel data |
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| dc.subject |
Einkommensverteilung |
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| dc.subject |
Soziale Werte |
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| dc.subject |
Einkommensumverteilung |
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| dc.subject |
Lebensqualität |
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| dc.subject |
Schätzung |
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| dc.subject |
Deutschland |
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| dc.subject |
Lebenszufriedenheit |
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| dc.title |
Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? Evidence From German Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:workingPaper |
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