Of Tax, Crime, and Happiness. An Interdisciplinary Research Review on Social Inequality

Abstract This article reviews research literature on inequality from economics, sociology and political science from a historiographic perspective. The literature covered here mainly focusses on the development of Western societies between 1970 and 2010 and is organised in terms of research concepts...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neue politische Literatur. - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 1956. - 67(2022), 1 vom: März, Seite 55-83
1. Verfasser: Pleinen, Jenny (VerfasserIn)
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Neue politische Literatur
Schlagworte:Social inequality Redistribution Ungovernability Opportunity hoarding
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract This article reviews research literature on inequality from economics, sociology and political science from a historiographic perspective. The literature covered here mainly focusses on the development of Western societies between 1970 and 2010 and is organised in terms of research concepts such as tax competition, educational attainment gaps, educational assortative mating, opportunity hoarding, happiness inequality, politics of resentment, welfare chauvinism and nature versus nurture.
Beschreibung:© The Author(s) 2022
ISSN:0028-3320
DOI:10.1007/s42520-022-00413-2