Three types of income inequality: a comparison of left behind places and more developed regions in the EU
研究了欧盟NUTS 2区域的实际收入不平等与两种主观不平等指标的关系，发现落后地区实际不平等与感知正相关，而较发达地区则无此关系，且两类地区居民均偏好更低的不平等水平。
Abstract Despite the growing interest in subjective inequality, little is known about the relation between this and more objective measures of inequality, especially in the light of regional disparities. This study focuses on the patterns of actual income inequality and two subjective measures in NUTS 2 EU regions. By accounting for multiple indicators of economic (under)performance, we show that actual inequality is positively related to people’s perceptions in left behind places, but not in more developed regions. Furthermore, both residents of less developed or—‘left behind’—regions and those of more developed regions exhibit a preference for lower levels of income inequality.