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generally the same in both treatments, in line with rule-based social preference models, like procedural fairness. …
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generally the same in both treatments, in line with rule-based social preference models, like procedural fairness. …
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inequality. This paper presents an experiment which disentangles concerns for risk and inequality in a social risk context … terms of dispersion. We disentangle four types of dispersion: ex ante inequality, ex post inequality, individual risk, and … collective risk. The results show that people are averse towards ex ante inequality and individual risk, whereas they are ex post …
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This discussion paper has led to a publication in <A href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/r6x36x128621t040/">'Journal of Risk and Uncertainty'</A>, 44(1), 45-72.<P>This study attempts to combine two traditional fields in microeconomics: individual decision making under risk and decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on...</p></a>
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This study attempts to combine two traditional fields in microeconomics: individual decision making under risk and decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment in which participants make a series of choices between...
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conducted a real effort fairness experiment where people in two of the world's richest countries, Norway and Germany, interacted …
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conducted a real effort fairness experiment where people in two of the world's richest countries, Norway and Germany, interacted …
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inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health … makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks early in life is a potentially important mechanism through … which health may generate, and possibly sustain, economic inequality. If material advantage can be excercised within the …
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disparities in China relate to rising income inequality and in particular to the adverse health and income experience of older (wo …This discussion led to a publication in the 'Journal of Health Economics', 2013, 32, 6, 1214–1229.<P> During the last … decades, China has experienced double-digit economic growth rates and rising inequality. This paper implements a new …
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We apply the theory of inequality in opportunity to measure inequity in mortality. Ourempirical work is based on a rich … dataset for the Netherlands (1998-2007), linking informationabout mortality, health events and lifestyles. We show that …
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