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Top-heavy dispersal of wealth linked to lower life evaluations

31 March 2016

A research paper by Richard Burkhauser, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Nattavudh Powdthavee contends that a person's satisfaction drops as the percentage of overall income held by the very rich in a country rises. However, the authors say, this drop is minimal as long as the average person's income is also rising.

This article was published by the Cornell Chronicle on March 31, 2016
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Related publications
'Top Incomes and Human Well-Being Around the World', Richard V. Burkhauser, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Nattavudh Powdthavee, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1400, January 2016

Related links
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve webpage
Nick Powdthavee webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage

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