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 …

, but previously understudied, situation where there is uncertainty about whether inequality is reflecting performance or … uncertainty about the source of inequality provides a strong egalitarian pull on the behavior of meritocrats. In addition, the …

, but previously understudied, situation where there is uncertainty about whether inequality is reflecting performance or … uncertainty about the source of inequality provides a strong egalitarian pull on the behavior of meritocrats. In addition, the …

The amount of redistribution people favor depends on socioeconomic factors and their views on fairness. This study … less redistribution, women are more in favor of redistribution than men on average, and older people favor it more than … more redistribution than people who are more prone to taking risks. The results help us understand which policies are …

Meritocratic fairness justifies inequality when it stems from performance. Yet performance is influenced by one …'s genetics. I investigate whether individuals' redistribution preferences are affected by their beliefs about genetics' role in … generating performance inequality. In an incentivized online experiment, impartial spectators can redistribute the earnings that …

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 … shaping attitudes towards inequality. …

inequality and redistribution. Not surprisingly, the effective level of redistribution (after tax-and-transfer inequality) is … objective dimension of inequality and redistribution are, at least partially, linked with individuals' political preferences and … their voting behavior. The association between objective and subjective measures of inequality and redistribution vanishes …

This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries … taxes promoted the progressivity of the tax system and contributed to the reduction of inequality. Yet, the effectiveness of …

reduce income inequality. Starting from Lambert and Aronson (Inequality decomposition analysis and the Gini coefficient …