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A meritocratic origin of egalitarian behavior
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Möllerström, Johanna; Reme, … - 2019
The meritocratic fairness ideal implies that inequalities in earnings are regarded as fair only when they reflect differences in performance. Consequently, implementation of the meritocratic fairness ideal requires complete information about individual performances, but in practice, such...
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When Merit Breeds Luck (or Not) : An Experimental Study on Distributive Justice
Bernasconi, Michele; Longo, Enrico; Maggian, Valeria - 2023
We experimentally investigate subjects’ preferences for redistribution depending on i) their personal stake in the outcome (either absent or not), ii) the effect of luck in strengthening or weakening the income inequality as derived from merit, and iii) whether individuals are informed about...
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The distributional preferences of Americans, 2013-2016
Fisman, Raymond; Jakiela, Pamela; Kariv, Shachar; … - In: Experimental economics : a journal of the Economic … 26 (2023) 4, pp. 727-748
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That's just - not fair : gender differences in notions of justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance … experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences for giving and notions of justice in experiments using the same … differences in the notion of justice between men and women; women tend to be far more egalitarian. Using our preference …
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The economics of justice as fairness
Abatemarco, Antonio; Stroffolini, Francesca - 2017
In this paper we challenge the common interpretation of Rawls' Theory of Justice as Fairness by showing that this … identified a priori, and partial justice orderings derived accordingly …
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That's just : not fair ; gender differences in notions of justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance … experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences for giving and notions of justice in experiments using the same … differences in the notion of justice between men and women; women tend to be far more egalitarian. Using our preference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327335
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Optimal inequality behind the veil of ignorance
Liang, Che-yuan - 2013
In Rawls' (1971) influential social contract approach to distributive justice, the fair income distribution is the one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009739534
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Discounting Dollars, Discounting Lives : Intergenerational Distributive Justice and Efficiency
Kaplow, Louis - 2010
The view that intergenerational distributive justice and efficiency should be treated separately is familiar, yet … distributive justice and efficiency, the choice of interest rate for discounting dollars, and how the present approach relates to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760791
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Optimal Inequality Behind the Veil of Ignorance
Liang, Che-Yuan - 2014
In Rawls' (1971) influential social contract approach to distributive justice, the fair income distribution is the one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055082
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Doing Rawls justice : evidence from the PSID
Abatemarco, Antonio - 2016
Distributive value judgments based on the 'origins' of economic inequalities (e.g. circumstances and responsible choices) are increasingly evoked to argue that 'the worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal'. However, one may reasonably agree that distributive value...
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