We examine in how far people's experiences of income inequality affect their preferences for redistribution. We use … growing up are less in favor of redistribution, after controlling for income, demographics, unemployment experiences and …

What matters for individuals' preferences for redistribution? In this paper we show that consequentialist beliefs about … shape a distinct conversation about redistribution. …

the well-known static pattern of declining marginal utility. As a result, the mechanical value of redistribution is … effects of the mechanical value of redistribution dominate, and the optimal marginal tax rates fall by up to 10 percentage …

. It is important in explaining attitudes towards redistribution and pro-social behaviour. We examine how economic theory … measures social identity and its effects on preferences towards redistribution, social solidarity and redistributive …

opportunities and outcomes. We elicit redistribution decisions from a U.S.-representative sample who observe worker outcomes and … lucky opportunities. Our findings have implications for models that seek to understand and predict redistribution attitudes …, and help to explain the gap between lab evidence on support for redistribution and U.S. inequality trends. …

In this paper we explore how individual social preferences correlate with political support for redistribution. We ran … political support for distributive policies. The main correlates for support of redistribution are the beliefs concerning the …