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Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And does this help to explain why in the U.S., Germany and some other advanced countries, happiness has been constant for many decades? The answer to both questions is "Yes". We...
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Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And does this help to explain why in the U.S., Germany and some other advanced countries, happiness has been constant for many decades? The answer to both questions is "Yes". We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017426
children. Mobility between different affluence counts between 2002 and 2007 is rather low and existing changes are mostly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600937
children. Mobility between different affluence counts between 2002 and 2007 is rather low and existing changes are mostly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522629
definition of the aggregation unit and by controlling its effect on distribution and inequality analysis. We find empirical … evidence for a significant gender wealth gap of about 30,000 euros in Germany, which amounts to almost 50,000 euros for married …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600761
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896274
definition of the aggregation unit and by controlling its effect on distribution and inequality analysis. We find empirical … evidence for a significant gender wealth gap of about 30,000 euros in Germany, which amounts to almost 50,000 euros for married …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018748
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334229
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287229
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267929