We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with Roemer (1998)'s IOP theory can be …

measure of unfair inequality that reconciles two widely-held fairness principles: equality of opportunity and freedom from …Empirical evidence on distributional preferences shows that people do not judge inequality as problematic per se but … inequality do not adequately reflect these normative preferences. In this paper we address this shortcoming by developing a new …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents ́and childrenś economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …

life-cycle model, we find that redistribution by taxes and transfers off sets 54% of the inequality in lifetime earnings …

investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from … earnings between the stakeholders, although it is not possible to detect cheating. I find that the opportunity to cheat leads … to different views on whether to accept inequality. Left-wing spectators substantially reduce inequality when cheating is …

distribution. I use the estimates to decompose the overall effect of transfers on wealth inequality in the effect of the aggregated … very much in line with the literature, indicating that transfers tend to equalize wealth inequality, despite minor …

To study how information about educational inequality affects public concerns and policy preferences, we devise survey … experiments in representative samples of the German population. Providing information about the extent of educational inequality … strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …