@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp974,
            	author={Schwarze, Johannes and Härpfer, Marco},
            	title={Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? A Revised Version},
            	year={2003},
	month={Dec},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={974},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp974},
	abstract={We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre- and post-government income distribution
at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. Three different inequality
measures are used. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state
increases individual well-being. We find only weak evidence that Germans are inequality
averse. Inequality reduction by the state does not increase wellbeing. On the contrary,
inequality reduction imposes an excess burden on middle-income earners. The paper uses
data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (GSOEP) from 1985 to 1998.},
	keywords={life satisfaction;redistribution;inequality aversion;panel data},
            }