This paper analyzes the relationship between perceived wage inequality, demand for wage equalization and life satisfaction. Using the large dataset of the Hungarian Microcensus of 2016 and a measure that quantifies perceived inequality based on respondents' wage estimates - rather than based on...

This paper analyzes the relationship between perceived wage inequality, demand for wage equalization and life satisfaction. Using the large dataset of the Hungarian Microcensus of 2016 and a measure that quantifies perceived inequality based on respondents' wage estimates - rather than based on...

Is actual income inequality accurately translated into people's perceptions, and what are the genuine hopes of citizens? Our contribution offers insights into how the reality and two subjective dimensions of income inequality, namely perceptions, and desires, interact. Using data from the...