On the relation between income inequality and happiness: do fairness perceptions matter?

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 fairn...

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Other Authors:	Bjørnskov, Christian (Other) , Dreher, Axel (Other) , Fischer, Justina A. V. (Other) , Schnellenbach, Jan (Other)
Format:	Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Heidelberg January 2010 Heidelberg University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics January 2010
Series:	Discussion paper series / Universität Heidelberg, Department of Economics no. 495
In:	Discussion paper series (no. 495)
Subjects:	1994-2001 Arbeitspapier Graue Literatur
Online Access:	Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-102765 Resolving-System, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/127310 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/10276
Author Notes:	Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher, Justina A. V. Fischer and Jan Schnellenbach