requires little redistribution. But reducing inequality and alleviating poverty do require redistribution. To reduce inequality … redistribute large amounts of income without noticeably reducing inequality, others reduce inequality with less redistribution and …

We explore the impact of the self-serving bias on the supply and demand for redistribution. We present results from an … experiment in which participants decide on redistribution after performing a real effort task. Dependent on individual … external factors. Participants take two redistribution decisions. First, they choose a supply of redistribution in a situation …

wage setting and fiscal redistribution policy. We find that search frictions are less important for wages of the low …) gaining due to the redistribution. …

This paper uses a laboratory experiment to explore individuals' motivations for redistribution. The laboratory results … show that as income uncertainty diminishes, participants become more extreme in their preferences for redistribution. The … findings suggest that for most people, the motivation for redistribution is financial self-interest - namely as insurance …