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26. November: Vortrag über Einkommensungleichheit

07.11.2018

Simone Schneider vom Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik in München präsentiert am 26. November an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften ihre Studie über Einkommensungleichheit und die subjektive Wahrnehmung des eigenen sozialen Status. Einkommensungleichheit führt der Studie zufolge zu einer negativen Selbsteinschätzung und wirkt sich auch negativ auf das Gesamtwohlbefinden aus.

 

Titel:Why Income Inequality is Dissatisfying
Wo/wann:26. November 2018, 16:45 Uhr, Seminarraum 2 (1. OG)
Abstract: This study proposes subjective social status – a person’s perception of his/her standing in the social hierarchy – is an important psychological mechanism driving the inequality-satisfaction link. Building on sociological and social-psychological research, it argues (i) the contextual effect of income inequality on subjective wellbeing is mediated by social status perceptions, and (ii) income inequality moderates the relationship between subjective social status and wellbeing. The empirical analysis is based on data from the 2012/13 European Social Survey. Applying multi-level modeling techniques, the study finds income inequality lowers the self-perception of social status and, in turn, the overall wellbeing of individuals (the mediation argument). It also finds that income inequality increases the importance of subjective social status to life satisfaction (the moderation argument). The results are limited to the European context and should encourage researchers to test the hypotheses in other geographic regions and to dig deeper into the underlying mechanisms explaining if and why income inequality matters to the wellbeing of individuals.