Inequality and happiness: are Europeans and Americans different?
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The difference in concern about inequality between Europeans and Americans may be related to different beliefs about social mobility.
“which may be related to different beliefs about social mobility (Alesina, Di Tella, & MacCulloch, 2004).”
From The psychology of social class: How socioeconomic status impacts thought, feelings, and behaviour (2018) · cites this paper as Alesina, Di Tella, & MacCulloch, 2004
In Europe, those who are poor or on the left of the political spectrum are more concerned with and unhappy about inequality than are their American counterparts.
“there is evidence that those in Europe who are poor or on the left of the political spectrum are more concerned with and unhappy about inequality than are their American counterparts”
From The psychology of social class: How socioeconomic status impacts thought, feelings, and behaviour (2018) · cites this paper as Alesina, Di Tella, & MacCulloch, 2004
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- Authors
- Alesina, A., Di Tella, R., & MacCulloch, R.
- Affiliations
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (US)
- Princeton University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Alesina, Alberto
- ORCID
- MacCulloch, Robert
- Venue
- Journal of Public Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-08
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 9-10
- Pages
- 2009-2042
- ISSN
- 0047-2727 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3121225713
- Cited by
- 1,752
- References
- 71
- Citations by year
- 2026: 36 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 64 · 2023: 82 · 2022: 89 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 96 · 2019: 115 · 2018: 92 · 2017: 82 · 2016: 97 · 2015: 100 · 2014: 108 · 2013: 101 · 2012: 95
- FWCI
- 95.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- nrs.harvard.edu
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Public Economics (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Keywords
- income inequality, happiness, subjective well-being, cross-national comparison, political ideology, poverty, income mobility, social mobility beliefs
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