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Suspicious success : cheating, inequality acceptance, and political preferences
Klimm, Felix - 2018
Supporters of left-wing parties typically place more emphasis on redistributive policies than right-wing voters. I investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from cheating. Using a laboratory experiment, I...
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Ruled by robots : preference for algorithmic decision makers and perceptions of their choices
Chugunova, Marina; Luhan, Wolfgang J. - 2023
negatively to redistribution decisions that do not fit any fairness ideals. Our results suggest that even in the realm of moral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495065
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Preferences for redistribution around the world
Neher, Frank - 2012
Gender, income, education and self-employment are robust predictors for individual support for redistribution in the … a robust association with preferences for redistribution. However, education, income, individual autonomy and moral … worth of the poor remain important determinants. On average, preferences for redistribution indicate that within the OECD …
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On the emissions-inequality trade-off in energy taxation : evidence on the German car fuel tax
Nikodinoska, Dragana; Schröder, Carsten - 2015
By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce...
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Socio-economic status and inequalities in children's IQ and economic preferences
Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia; … - 2019
This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well as less risk-seeking. To understand the underlying...
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The endowment effect in the general population
Fehr, Dietmar; Kübler, Dorothea - 2022
-Economic Panel. Households receive a small item for taking part in the panel, and we randomly assign respondents either a towel or a …
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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …
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Redistribution and insurance in the German welfare state
Bartels, Charlotte - 2011
. To quantify both inter- and intra-individual redistribution in Germany this study uses SOEP data from 1984 to 2009 to …Welfare states redistribute both between individuals (inter-individual redistribution) reducing annual, cross …-sectional inequality and over the lifecycle of an individual (intra-individual redistribution) insuring individuals against income risks in …
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ZEW-EviSTA : a microsimulation model of the German tax and transfer system
Buhlmann, Florian; Hebsaker, Michael; Kreuz, Tobias; … - 2022 - First version: June 2022
This article describes ZEW-EviSTA®, the microsimulation model developed and used at ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. The model simulates the German tax and transfer system using household micro level data. By estimating fiscal effects, labor market outcomes as well as...
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The early career gender wage gap
Napari, Sami (contributor) - 2006
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