@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp3484, author={Grosfeld, Irena and Senik, Claudia}, title={The Emerging Aversion to Inequality: Evidence from Poland 1992–2005}, year={2008}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={3484}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3484}, abstract={This paper provides an illustration of the changing tolerance for inequality in a context of radical political and economic transformation and rapid economic growth. We focus on the Polish transition experience, and explore individuals' self-reported attitudes. Using unusually long and frequent (monthly) representative surveys of the population, carried out by the Polish poll institute (CBOS) from 1992 to 2005, we identify a structural break in the relationship between income inequality and subjective well-being. The downturn in the tolerance for inequality (1997) coincides with increasing distrust of political elites.}, keywords={inequality;subjective satisfaction;breakpoint;transition}, }