Rezension: Hier wird das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen zur Korrektur der unsozialen Umverteilung als revolutionärer Lösungsversuch abgelehnt, die Schwierigkeiten der Umsetzung beschrieben und sich mit 3 Modellen auseinandergesetzt. Dabei wird Bezug genommen auf die linksorientierten...

From the 1980s onward, income inequality increased in many advanced countries. It is very difficult to account for the rise in income inequality using the standard labour supply/demand explanation. Fiscal redistribution has become less effective in compensating increasing inequalities since the...

Support for redistribution depends on whether inequality stems from differences in performance or luck, but different sources of luck may impact redistribution differentially. We elicit redistribution decisions from a U.S.-representative sample who observe worker earnings and whether luck...

Can inequality in rewards result in an erosion in broad-based support for meritocratic norms? We hypothesize that unequal rewards between the successful and the rest, drives a cognitive gap in their meritocratic beliefs, and hence their social preferences for redistribution. Two separate...

Jahrbuch der "Arbeitsgruppe Alternative Wirtschaftspolitik", die ihre Analyse als sozial-ökologisch orientierten Gegenentwurf zum Jahresgutachten der "Fünf Wirtschaftsweisen" versteht. (LK/OS: Dannert)

Citizens and politicians rely on their knowledge of a pension system, particularly its redistributive features, when forming their preferences and evaluating its fairness. Taking advantage of the Bismarckian rule of proportionality in Germany, we provide experimental and survey-based evidence...