Study Fischer (2009b): study ZZ OECD member states 1997 /1
- Public
- Adults, general public, 30 OECD Countries, 1997-2001
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 45000
- Non Response
- not reported
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Income inequality (Gini)
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Data: OECD (2008)
- Distribution
- Range= 23-38, Higher values denote more inequality
- Operationalization
- Income inequality in nations in 2000 and 2005 in Gini coefficients
A: before tax (market inequality)
B: after tax (final consumption inequality)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Same result obtained for:
- income inequality before tax in 2005
- a smaller subsample of countries
B's are controlled for:
- National net income per capita
- Individual demographic factors
- Individual socio-economics factors
- perceived social mobility
- 2000 income inequality after tax
Also insignificant for 2005 income inequality after tax
B's mean that market inequality does not affect happiness.
Results for 2000 and 2005 are the same.
- low income mobility and high income inequality
- high income mobilty and low income inequality
Results are stronger for a smaller subsample of countries
- perceived social mobility
- 2000 income inequality before tax
- perceived social mobility
- 2000 income inequality before tax
B's mean that a lower before tax income inequality goes with more happiness