In this paper we challenge the common interpretation of Rawls' Theory of Justice as Fairness by showing that this …

payment. We find that the consumers exhibit considerable fairness towards the workers by buying from the firm with the higher … average wages despite its significant crowding-out effects on consumers' fairness concerns. Abolishing a minimum wage crowds … in consumers' fairness concerns, but crowding in is not sufficient to avoid overall negative effects on the workers …

significant only between broad groups of countries. -- Social preferences ; redistribution ; optimal income taxation ; labor …