Although different approaches and methods have been used to measure inequality aversion, there remains no consensus … economics and business students in Uruguay to understand why people are inequality averse. We elicited inequality aversion by … income and income inequality. In addition, we use randomized information treatments to prime participants into competing …

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 …

to different views on whether to accept inequality. Left-wing spectators substantially reduce inequality when cheating is … 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 …

how fairness views themselves are affected by negative shocks. To answer this question, I conduct two experimental studies … investigating the causal link between income shocks and preferences for redistribution. While Study 1 exogenously manipulates within … an egalitarian fairness view. Participants who are relatively richer, by contrast, distribute resources proportionate to …

inequality for support for redistribution? We study these questions in a staggered experiment with a representative sample of the … redistribution. These results hide, however, important heterogeneity because the effects of beliefs about inequality for demand for … redistribution are preference-dependent: only affluent inequality averse individuals, but not the selfish and altruistic ones …

effects on preferences for redistribution of correcting faulty beliefs. We implement a tailor-made survey in Sweden and … income position. Respondents who learn that they are richer than they thought demand less redistribution and increase their … altruism or moral values about redistribution. Moreover, the effect can be reconciled by people with political preferences to …

A meritocratic fairness ideal is generally believed to regard income inequality as fair if it stems from performance …-world phenomena which generate inequality, we investigate two types of unequal opportunities that impact performance: educational … lead individuals to support income redistribution, while also obtaining an assessment regarding to what degree …

that support for redistribution is positively linked with the level of income inequality. The same association is found for …The relation between income inequality and support for redistributive policies has long being debated by social … (Eurobarometer 471) and matching it with an array of regional and national inequality measures. Using binary choice models, we show …

Do rising inequality and youth unemployment aect preferences for redistribution? Using country-level European survey … for redistribution. The ndings are supported by the respondents' fairness concerns. Estimated effects exhibit substantial … redistribution. Results suggest that "income-and health-dependent fairness concerns" exist. …