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Choosing inequality: how economic security fosters competitive regimes

Lenger, Alexander; Wolf, Stephan; Goldschmidt, Nils - In: The Journal of Economic Inequality 19 (2020) 2, pp. 315-346

In a novel experimental design, we study how social immobility affects the choice among distributional schemes in an experimental democracy. We design a two-period experiment in which subjects first choose a distributional scheme by majority voting (“social contract”). Then subjects engage...

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From the classical Gini index of income inequality to a new Zenga-type relative measure of risk: A modeller's perspective

Greselin, Francesca; Zitikis, Ričardas - In: Econometrics 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20

The underlying idea behind the construction of indices of economic inequality is based on measuring deviations of various portions of low incomes from certain references or benchmarks, which could be point measures like the population mean or median, or curves like the hypotenuse of the right...

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Cheteni, Priviledge; Mah, Gisele; Yohane, Yohane Khamfula - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-16

This paper argues that the link between poverty and drug-related crime might be spurious. We take an empirical approach to investigate the causality and plausibility of this link. Firstly, we regress crime against envisaged explanatory variables in order to estimate the contribution of poverty...

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Ashamed to be selfish

Dillenberger, David; Sadowski, Philipp - In: Theoretical Economics 7 (2012) 1, pp. 99-124

We study a decision maker (DM) who has preferences over choice problems, which are sets of payoff-allocations between herself and a passive recipient. An example of such a set is the collection of possible allocations in the classic dictator game. The choice of an allocation from the set is...

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Risk aversion and other factors determine income redistribution preferences

Gärtner, Manja; Mollerstrom, Johanna - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 17/18, pp. 151-156

The amount of redistribution people favor depends on socioeconomic factors and their views on fairness. This study, based on a representative survey conducted in Sweden, confirms earlier results: Higher incomes are correlated with wanting less redistribution, women are more in favor of...

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Risikobereitschaft und weitere Faktoren korrelieren mit Umverteilungspräferenzen

Gärtner, Manja; Mollerstrom, Johanna - In: DIW Wochenbericht 85 (2018) 18, pp. 393-398

Wie viel Umverteilung Bürgerinnen und Bürger in der Gesellschaft möchten, hängt von sozioökonomischen Faktoren und ihren Ansichten über Gerechtigkeit ab. Diese Studie, basierend auf einer in Schweden durchgeführten, repräsentativen Umfrage, bestätigt frühere Ergebnisse: Demnach nimmt...

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Sokrates Forms: A research instrument for creating social impact of science on the example of system risk management

Platje, Joost; Palak, Rafał; Wojtkiewicz, Krystian - In: The Central European Review of Economics and Management … 9 (2025) 1, pp. 47-62

Aim: This paper introduces Sokrates Forms, an innovative survey instrument with advanced functionalities that enhance data accuracy, respondent engagement, and compliance with data protection regulations. The primary objective is to develop and implement a dynamic, secure, and customizable...

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Merit first, need and equality second: hierarchies of justice

Siemoneit, Andreas - In: International Review of Economics 70 (2023) 4, pp. 537-567

The question of "Justice" still divides social research, moral philosophy, and public discourse. Three principles of … distributive justice (allocation rules) occupy center stage in the debate: merit (equity, proportionality), need, and equality. Yet … picture with an interdisciplinary analysis. From an evolutionary point of view, the foundational principle of justice is …

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Perceived Income Justice Depends on the Economy

Liebig, Stefan; Valet, Peter; Schupp, Jürgen - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 24, pp. 187-192

. In the upper income segment, in contrast, no negative effect of the income tax burden on perceived income justice is …

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Immer mehr Erwerbstätige empfinden ihr Einkommen als ungerecht

Liebig, Stefan; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 31, pp. 434-440

Seit einiger Zeit mehren sich die Stimmen, die für Deutschland eine "soziale Schieflage" konstatieren und im Namen sozialer Gerechtigkeit Korrekturen fordern. So haben die Reallöhne in den vergangenen Jahren stagniert, teilweise sind sie sogar zurückgegangen. Zugleich kann eine Zunahme von...

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