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Observing others give & take: A computational account of bystanders' feelings and actions.

open access: yesPLoS Computational Biology, 2022
Social interactions influence people's feelings and behavior. Here, we propose that a person's well-being is influenced not only by interactions they experience themselves, but also by those they observe. In particular, we test and quantify the influence
Bastien Blain   +3 more
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Inequality Aversion and Reciprocity in Moonlighting Games

open access: yesGames, 2010
We study behavior in a moonlighting game with unequal initial endowments. In this game, predictions for second-mover behavior based on inequality aversion are in contrast to reciprocity.
Dirk Engelmann, Martin Strobel
doaj   +1 more source

The atlas of inequality aversion: theory and empirical evidence on 55 countries from the Luxembourg Income Study database

open access: yesEquilibrium, 2022
Research background: In the distributive analysis, the constant relative inequality aversion utility function is a standard tool for ethical judgements of income distributions. The sole parameter ?
S. Kot, Piotr R. Paradowski
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modeling Social Welfare Functions Aligned with Income Taxation [PDF]

open access: yesIndustrial Management Journal
Objective: This study aims to develop and apply two advanced social welfare functions that enhance sensitivity to income inequality and risk aversion, focusing on improving the welfare of lower-income groups in the context of income tax policy design ...
Sina Ghods   +2 more
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Perceptions of having less in the U.S. but having more in China are associated with stronger inequality aversion

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2022
Decades of research predominantly conducted in Western societies reveals that people, especially the less wealthy, are averse to high levels of inequality.
Yi Ding   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inequality aversion, health inequalities and health achievement [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Health Economics, 2002
This paper addresses two issues. The first is how health inequalities can be measured in such a way as to take into account policymakers' attitudes towards inequality. The Gini coefficient and the related concentration index embody one particular set of value judgements.
openaire   +3 more sources

Considering mean and inequality health outcomes together: the population health performance index

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background The purpose was to develop and test a population health measure that combines mean health outcomes and inequalities into a single GDP-like metric to help policymakers measure population health performance on both dimensions in one metric ...
David Kindig   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does competitive winning increase subsequent cheating?

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2022
In this preregistered study, we attempted to replicate and substantially extend a frequently cited experiment by Schurr and Ritov, published in 2016, suggesting that winners of pairwise competitions are more likely than others to steal money in ...
Andrew M. Colman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An evaluation of common explanations for the impact of income inequality on life satisfaction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This study explains how income inequality affects life satisfaction in Europe. Although research about the impact of income inequality on life satisfaction is inconclusive, authors suggest several reasons for its potential impact.
Schalembier, Benjamin
core   +1 more source

Inequality averse collective choice [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mathematical Economics, 1998
Let \(\Sigma_{n}\) be the class of all compact comprehensive and convex sets in \(\mathbb{R}^{n}_{+}\). The main result in this paper is the following theorem: If \(F\) is a solution concept defined on \(\Sigma_{n}\) which satisfies LPO (Lorentz Pareto Optimality), SARP (Strong Axiom of Revealed Preference) and PC (Pareto Continuity), then it must be ...
openaire   +1 more source

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