-country difference in demand for redistribution and opens new perspectives on what may be considered "fair" or "unfair" inequality in … either on luck or on individual relative performance in some tasks. All subjects chose a redistribution rate to be applied to … redistribution both in the impartial decision and when self-interest offered the most clear-cut prescription, as uncertainty over one …

investigating the causal link between income shocks and preferences for redistribution. While Study 1 exogenously manipulates within …

CEE both former members of the Communist parties and their children have stronger preferences for redistribution than the … rest of the population, in Russia former CPSU members do not exhibit stronger preferences for redistribution - at the same … time, their children support redistribution. …

experience decreasing wages. While many studies examine the effect of income inequality on redistribution decisions, this is the …We use a highly-controlled laboratory experiment to study the causal impact of income decreases on redistribution … decisions, in an environment where the income inequality that may be created with wage changes is kept fixed. First, we …

resulting inequality is perceived differently and how this affects redistribution. Across treatments, we compare a spectator …'s redistribution of two workers' earnings. If workers do not compete in a zero-sum setting, average redistribution decreases. In a … of redistribution and are more likely to be Democrats. …

effect of income inequality on redistribution decisions, we delve into the history behind one's income to isolate the effect … redistribution decisions at the end of that period, in an environment where we keep fixed the sum of incomes over the period. First … augmenting a standard model of inequality aversion. Overall, conditional on exhibiting sufficiently-strong social preferences, we …

of inequality are used as treatments. Other determinants of the demand for redistribution, such as risk aversion and … under which some individuals that are poorer than the average optimally choose to oppose redistribution policies. The … provided the mobility process is concave in expectations, redistribution policies are expected to last for a sufficiently long …

inequality, such as differences in effort, luck, or opportunities. We study how fairness views and the extent of redistribution …The steady increase in inequality over the past decades has revived a lively debate about what can be considered a fair … distribution of income. Public support for the extent of redistribution typically depends on the perceived causes of income …

inequality, such as differences in effort, luck, or opportunities. We study how fairness views and the extent of redistribution …The steady increase in inequality over the past decades has revived a lively debate about what can be considered a fair … distribution of income. Public support for the extent of redistribution typically depends on the perceived causes of income …

investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from … to different views on whether to accept inequality. Left-wing spectators substantially reduce inequality when cheating is …. These results suggest that redistributive preferences will diverge even more once public awareness increases that inequality …