Showing 1 - 10 of 59,059
-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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011780697
-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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779531
investigating the causal link between income shocks and preferences for redistribution. While Study 1 exogenously manipulates within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013272196
investigating the causal link between income shocks and preferences for redistribution. While Study 1 exogenously manipulates within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169002
Disposable income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient and using Family Budget Survey data, increased very … analysis of changes in the channels of redistribution and a Gini decomposition. We find that the sizeable increase in overall … inequality due to changes in the wage earnings component is mitigated by changes in the tax and transfer components in both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123731
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471475
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261622
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330069
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825124
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013175708