Happiness inequality in the United States.

Autor/inn/en	Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Happiness inequality in the United States. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Unterschiede in der Lebenszufriedenheit in den USA.
Quelle	Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research (2008), 22 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 14220
Beigaben	Anhang
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Faktor; Zufriedenheit; Bildungsabschluss; Leben; Rasse; Geschichte (Histor); Glück; Ungleichheit; Altersabhängigkeit; Alter; Arbeitspapier; Familienstand; Geschlechtsspezifik; Regionaler Faktor; Regionalverteilung; Ethnische Gruppe; Schwarzer; Weißer; USA
Abstract	"This paper examines how the level and dispersion of self-reported happiness has evolved over the period 1972-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s. There have been large changes in the level of happiness across groups: Two-thirds of the black-white happiness gap has been eroded, and the gender happiness gap has disappeared entirely. Paralleling changes in the income distribution, differences in happiness by education have widened substantially. We develop an integrated approach to measuring inequality and decomposing changes in the distribution of happiness, finding a pervasive decline in within-group inequality during the 1970s and 1980s that was experienced by even narrowly-defined demographic groups. Around one-third of this decline has subsequently been unwound. Juxtaposing these changes with large rises in income inequality suggests an important role for non-pecuniary factors in shaping the well-being distribution." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1972 bis 2006. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2009/1