Measuring Inequality Attitudes by Defective Leaky Buckets: A Comment

Amiel et al. (1999) use the Atkinson and the Gini social welfare functions to measure income inequality attitudes based on data from leaky-bucket experiments. Yet the experimental de-sign does not allow their subjects to perceive income inequality according to the Gini or the Atkinson inequality measures. Moreover, their experimental design tries to measure inequal-ity aversion by forcing their subjects to behave in accordance with inequality predilection.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Seidl, Christian
Publisher:	Kiel : Kiel University, Department of Economics
Subject:	Einkommensverteilung \| Disparitätsmaß \| Meinung \| Experiment \| Theorie \| Inequality aversion \| leaky-bucket experiment.

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Series:	Economics Working Paper ; 2003-16
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	374449805 [GVK] hdl:10419/21977 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:cauewp:1295 [RePEc]
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Source:	EconStor

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10010296225