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

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Title:	Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : A revised version
Keywords:	I31 D63 D31 C23 ddc:330 inequality aversion redistribution life satisfaction panel data Einkommensverteilung Soziale Werte Einkommensumverteilung Lebensqualität Schätzung Deutschland Lebenszufriedenheit
Issue Date:	16-Oct-2013
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Description:	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.
URI:	http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20210
Other Identifiers:	http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20210 ppn:37748198X
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