Societal Inequality and individual subjective well-being: Results from 68 societies and over 200,000 individuals, 1981-2008

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• 作者：Jonathan Kelley^a ; ^{kelley@international-survey.org} ; M.D.R. Evans^b ; ^{mariahEv2@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Income inequality ; Subjective well-being ; Happiness ; Life satisfaction ; Multi-level ; Socioeconomic development ; GDP ; Gini
• 刊名：Social Science Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：62
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1-23
• 全文大小：1758 K
• 卷排序：62

文摘

Does societal income inequality harm individuals' quality of life, their subjective well-being? No. In developing nations inequality increases well-being by 8 points out of 100. In advanced nations it has no effect. Data from 169 surveys, 68 nations, over 200,000 cases; multi-level models with many controls. Flaws in prior research: Aggregate data, no split between developing and advanced, no GDP control.