International Inequality in Subjective Well-Being: An exploration with the Gallup World Poll
In this paper we compute inequality measures over the distribution of a subjective well-being variable constructed from a life satisfaction question included in the Gallup World Poll in almost all countries in the world. We argue that inequality in subjective well-being may be a better proxy for the...
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2017
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| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/65323 http://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/wp-content/uploads/doc_cedlas216.pdf |
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| Sumario: | In this paper we compute inequality measures over the distribution of a subjective well-being variable constructed from a life satisfaction question included in the Gallup World Poll in almost all countries in the world. We argue that inequality in subjective well-being may be a better proxy for the degree of unfairness in a society than income inequality. We find evidence that inequality in subjective well-being has an inverse-U relationship with per capita GDP, but it is monotonically decreasing with respect to mean subjective well-being. We argue that this difference might be associated to inequality aversion in the space of utility. |
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