System Justification Beliefs and Life Satisfaction. The role of inequality aversion and support for redistribution
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Keywords
System Justification Theory; Subjective Well-Being; Aversion for Inequality; Palliative Function.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2022-11-28 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HAP-2022-11-28 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LTV-2022-11-28 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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