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:	Zürich KOF 2009
Series:	KOF working papers / KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich 245
In:	KOF working papers (245)
DOI:	10.3929/ethz-a-005946710
Subjects:	1994-2001 Arbeitspapier Graue Literatur
Online Access:	Resolving-System, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-005946710 Verlag, Volltext: http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:544/eth-544-01.pdf Verlag, Volltext: http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:544 Verlag, Volltext: http://kofportal.kof.ethz.ch/publications/download/1491/wp_245.pdf Resolving-System, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50348
Author Notes:	Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher, Justina A. V. Fischer and Jan Schnellenbach