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Concern about potential free riding in the provision of public goods has a long history. More recently, experimental economists have turned their attention to the conditions under which free riding would be expected to occur. A model of free riding is provided here which demonstrates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274945
Concern about potential free riding in the provision of public goods has a long history. More recently, experimental economists have turned their attention to the conditions under which free riding would be expected to occur. A model of free riding is provided here which demonstrates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671727
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of individual labor-market participation under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274890
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302716
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422202
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285804
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015166434
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919804
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258037
The current study argues that women's decision to leave the labor force at the point where their income exceeds their husbands' income may have less to do with gender identity norm (Bertrand et al., 2015) and more to do with what women think is a fair distribution of relative working hours...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594073