Search Results - subject:"reference groups"

Perceptions of inequality

Knell, Markus; Stix, Helmut - 2017

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763159

Perceptions of inequality

Knell, Markus; Stix, Helmut - In: European journal of political economy 65 (2020), pp. 1-21

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499954

Happiness and inequality in European countries : is it a matter of peer group comparisons?

Amendola, Adalgiso; Dell' Anno, Roberto; Parisi, Lavinia - In: Economia politica : journal of analytical and … 36 (2019) 2, pp. 473-508

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012038131

A taste of the elite : the effect of pairing food products with elite groups on taste perceptions

Gomez, Pierrick; Spielmann, Nathalie - In: Journal of business research : JBR 100 (2019), pp. 175-183

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012023792

Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2014

We review the survey and experimental findings in the literature on attitudes to income inequality. We interpret the latter as any disparity in incomes between individuals. We classify these findings into two broad types of individual attitudes towards the income distribution in a society: the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352288

Positional Concerns among the Poor: Does Reference Group Matter? Evidence from Survey Experiments

Akay, Alpaslan; Andersson, Lisa; Martinsson, Peter; … - 2014

limited and most often builds on the assumption that people's reference groups are the same across all individuals. We conduct … a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia that is modified to include multiplicity of reference groups. We estimate … positional concerns considering various reference groups to test whether the low positional concerns found in the literature is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377276

Testing the tunnel effect: Comparison, age and happiness in UK and German panels

FitzRoy, Felix R.; Nolan, Michael A.; Steinhardt, Max F.; … - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 24, pp. 1-30

In contrast to previous results combining all ages, we find positive effects of comparison income on happiness for the under 45s and negative effects for those over 45. In the UK, these coefficients are several times the magnitude of own income effects. In West Germany, they cancel out to give...

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Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105408

Positional Concerns among the Poor: Does Reference Group Matter? Evidence from Survey Experiments

Akay, Alpaslan; Andersson, Lisa; Martinsson, Peter; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

limited and most often builds on the assumption that people’s reference groups are the same across all individuals. We conduct … a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia that is modified to include multiplicity of reference groups. We estimate … positional concerns considering various reference groups to test whether the low positional concerns found in the literature is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884230

Attitudes to income inequality : experimental and survey evidence

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350420