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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 …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698730
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744589
, 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 …
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We conduct a laboratory experiment where third-party spectators can redistribute resources between two agents, thereby …
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investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from … cheating. Using a laboratory experiment, I exogenously vary cheating opportunities for stakeholders who work on a real effort … to different views on whether to accept inequality. Left-wing spectators substantially reduce inequality when cheating is …
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Meritocracies aspire to reward effort and hard work but promise not to judge individuals by the circumstances they were born into. The choice to work hard is, however, often shaped by circumstances. This study investigates whether people's merit judgments are sensitive to this endogeneity of...
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Although different approaches and methods have been used to measure inequality aversion, there remains no consensus … about its drivers at the individual level. We conducted an experiment on a sample of more than 1800 first-year undergraduate … economics and business students in Uruguay to understand why people are inequality averse. We elicited inequality aversion by …
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People with higher-incomes tend to support less redistribution than lower-income people. This has been attributed not … underlying inequality, differing fairness views, and differing perceptions of social norms. In this study, we directly measure … each of these mechanisms and compare their mediating roles in the relationship between status and redistribution. In our …
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circumstances. In an experiment, US participants judge how much money workers deserve for the effort they exert. Unequal …
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