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Shamon, Hawal and Duelmer, Hermann (2014). Raising the Question on 'Who Should Get What?' Again: On the Importance of Ideal and Existential Standards. Soc. Justice Res., 27 (3). S. 340 - 369. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER. ISSN 1573-6725

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Abstract

This contribution compares the importance of ideal standards and existential standards on people's ideas on fair earnings. Ideal standards refer to persons' preferences for a distribution rule according to which earnings ought to be allocated among members of a social aggregate. Existential standards refer to conditions of the social context, like the average earning or pay inequality, that serves as points of reference when people shape their ideas on just earnings. In line with the theoretical literature, we find that both standards are relevant for shaping people's ideas on just earnings. However, there seems to be greater consensus among our respondents on the importance attached to the existential standards than over that attached to the ideal standards. We also found a reversed just gender wage gap: by assigning higher earnings to fictitious female than fictitious male employees, our female and male respondents seem to compensate former gender-related income discrimination against female employees in the German labor market. Our analysis is based on the answers of 676 respondents living in Germany who participated in an internet-based factorial survey.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Shamon, Hawal UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Duelmer, Hermann UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-429953
DOI:	10.1007/s11211-014-0217-3
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Justice Res.
Volume:	27
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 340 - 369
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	DORDRECHT
ISSN:	1573-6725
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; FAIRNESS JUDGMENTS; FACTORIAL SURVEYS; SOCIAL-JUSTICE; EARNINGS; EQUITY; INEQUALITY; MECHANISMS; BELIEFS; DESIGN Multiple languages Psychology, Social; Sociology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/42995