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Health, income, and measures of inequality : why inequality may decline when all inequality measures indicate the opposite
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Kverndokk, Snorre - 2024
We study how measures of socioeconomic health inequality inform about welfare inequality. We argue that transfers of … either income or health from a better off to a worse off individual should reduce welfare inequality. Lacking an objective … income, health or socioeconomic health. This puts restrictions on measures of socioeconomic health inequality, where a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015057694
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Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials
Kerr, William - 2012
In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112981
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Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials
Kerr, William - 2016
In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006909
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Can Information About Inequality and Social Mobility Change Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials in 11 High and Middle-Income Countries
Hoy, Christopher - 2018
Using new cross-country survey and experimental data, we investigate if it is possible to increase people's support for the national government to address inequality through redistribution by providing them with information about inequality and social mobility in their country. We test this by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929983
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Redistribution, inequality and political participation : evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisis
Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2016
This paper explores the relationship between a large government cash transfer programme, changes in inequality, and political participation in Mexico. The results show that increases in the coverage of the programme during the 2008 financial crisis resulted in greater individual participation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568213
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The fair-minded rich and healthy? : (youth) unemployment, inequality and fairness concerns in preferences for redistribution
Armbruster, Stephanie - 2020
heterogeneity. There is systematic variation among fairness concerns with respect to income and health, which are triggered by … redistribution. Results suggest that "income-and health-dependent fairness concerns" exist. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195792
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Your place in the world relative income and global inequality
Fehr, Dietmar; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2021
There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507321
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Suspicious success : cheating, inequality acceptance, and political preferences
Klimm, Felix - 2018
Supporters of left-wing parties typically place more emphasis on redistributive policies than right-wing voters. I investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from cheating. Using a laboratory experiment, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899249
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How the nature of inequality reduction matters for CO2 emissions
Angel, Tobias; Berthe, Alexandre; Costantini, Valeria; … - 2024
This study investigates the relationship between distinct types of inequality and CO2 emissions using panel data on 156 countries from 1995 to 2020. Using fixed effects panel and quantile regression techniques, we report estimates that indicate that pre-distribution (inequality reduction by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014556641
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"They Never Had a Chance" : unequal opportunities and fair redistributions
Dong, Lu; Huang, Lingbo; Lien, Jaimie W - 2022 - This Version: July 6, 2022
A meritocratic fairness ideal is generally believed to regard income inequality as fair if it stems from performance differentials rather than luck. In this study, we present experimental evidence showing that merit judgments are shaped by the source of performance differentials while holding...
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