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Overstrained Citizens? The Number of Ballot Propositions and the Quality of the Decision Process in Direct Democracy

Stutzer, Alois - 2019

We study how the number of ballot propositions affects the quality of decision making in direct democracy, as reflected … in citizens' knowledge, voting behavior, and attitudes toward democracy. Using three comprehensive data sets from … federal direct democracy. In the medium to longer term, more federal propositions on the ballot rather relate to higher …

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Democracy and Reforms

Giuliano, Paola - 2009

Empirical evidence on the relationship between democracy and economic reforms is scarce, limited to few reforms and … countries and for few years. This paper studies the impact of democracy on the adoption of economic reforms using a new dataset … 150 countries over the period 1960-2004. Democracy has a positive and significant impact on the adoption of economic …

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Luck or Rights? An Experiment on Preferences for Redistribution Following Inheritance of Opportunity

Lekfuangfu, Warn N.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Riyanto, … - 2022

We experimentally investigate whether people generally perceive inheritance as effort-induced or luck-induced. By randomly matched two strangers in a lab setting, we test whether the sources of opportunity handed down from the 'testator' subjects determines later redistributive decisions among...

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Equality of Opportunity for Well-Being

Mahler, Daniel Gerszon - 2017

A growing literature has tried to measure the extent to which individuals have equal opportunities to acquire income. At the same time, policy makers have doubled down on efforts to go beyond income when measuring well- being. We attempt to bridge these two areas by measuring the extent to which...

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Measuring Unfair Inequality : Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty

Hufe, Paul - 2018

Rising income inequalities are widely debated in public and academic discourse. In this paper, we contribute to this debate by proposing a new family of measures of unfair inequality. To do so, we acknowledge that inequality is not bad per se, but that its underlying sources need to be taken...

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Equality of Opportunity and Redistribution in Europe

Dunnzlaff, Lina - 2010

The concept of equality of opportunity (EOp) goes back to Roemer (1993, 1998) who argues that a society shall guarantee its members equal access to advantage regardless of their circumstances, while holding them responsible for turning that access into actual advantage by the application of...

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Accounting for Family Background When Designing Optimal Income Taxes : A Microeconometric Simulation Analysis

Aaberge, Rolf - 2009

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and adopt a generalised version of Roemer's (1998) Equality of Opportunity (EOp) framework, which we call extended EOp, for analysing second-best optimal income taxation. Unlike the pure EOp criterion of Roemer (1998) the extended EOp criterion allows...

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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income : Perceptions and Evidence

Mayraz, Guy - 2009

Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...

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Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility : Some International Comparisons

Brunori, Paolo - 2013

Despite a recent surge in the number of studies attempting to measure inequality of opportunity in various countries, methodological differences have so far prevented meaningful international comparisons. This paper presents a comparison of ex-ante measures of inequality of economic opportunity...

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Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth : A Cross-Country Analysis

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2014

Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might be associated with faster economic growth, other kinds, arising from unequal opportunities for investment, might be detrimental to economic progress. We construct two new metadata...

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