| By: |
D'Ambrosio Conchita;
Clark Andrew |
| Abstract: |
We here use repeated cross-section data from the Afrobarometer, Asianbarometer
Latinobarometer, and Eurobarometer to analyse the variables that are
correlated with both current and future evaluations of standards of living.
These are related not only to an individual’s own economic resources but
also to the country distribution of resources.We consider resource comparisons
(the gap in resources between richer and poorer individuals) and the normative
evaluation of distribution (conditional on these gaps), given by the Gini
coefficient. The ‘typical’ pattern of a negative effect of gaps on the
better-off but a positive effect of gaps on the worse-off is found only in
Europe: gaps for the better-off in Africa and Central and Latin America have
no correlation with current life evaluations and are associated with more
positive expectations of the future.Equally, there is no positive estimated
coefficient for gaps to the worse-off in Asia. The Gini coefficient is
negatively correlated with current life evaluation only in Asia, and is
insignificant everywhere else. On the contrary, future life evaluations are
more positive in more unequal countries in Africa and Central and Latin
America.The relationship between the distribution of resources and measures of
individual well-being over time is far from universal. |
| Keywords: |
Relative deprivation,WIID,Baromters,Gini coefficient,Inequality,Living conditions |
| Date: |
2018 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp2018-170&r=all |