Health insurance premiums often do not reflect individual health risks, implying redistribution from individuals with … redistribution and to lower welfare of high-risk individuals. This could be the case because more cost-sharing increases out … that was in place was a 350 euro deductible. Our counterfactual experiments show that redistribution would decrease when …

We examine ways of funding higher education, comparing upfront tuition fees with graduate taxes. The tax dominates, as … endogenized. We show that graduate taxes reduce work incentives but provide incentives to improve teaching quality. Yet if tax … allocated the revenue generated by its own alumni. In addition, we demonstrate how a budget-balancing graduate tax would …

outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call …

' subjects determines later redistributive decisions among the 'heir' subjects. On average, redistribution is highest among the …

distribution of income. Public support for the extent of redistribution typically depends on the perceived causes of income … inequality, such as differences in effort, luck, or opportunities. We study how fairness views and the extent of redistribution … experiment, we let third parties redistribute resources between two stakeholders who could earn money either by choosing a safe …

We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account … rights reduces the gender wealth gap. The data for our analysis come from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), one of the … few surveys collecting information on wealth and pension entitlements at the individual level. Pension wealth data are …

This paper uses a laboratory experiment to explore individuals' motivations for redistribution. The laboratory results … show that as income uncertainty diminishes, participants become more extreme in their preferences for redistribution. The … findings suggest that for most people, the motivation for redistribution is financial self-interest - namely as insurance …