of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility …

Redistribution is an inevitable feature of collective pension schemes. Nevertheless, it is still an open question what … people’s preferences are regarding this form of redistribution. This paper reviews experimental evidence on preferences … regarding redistribution and asks what this evidence tells us about preferences for redistribution through pension schemes. We …

to reduced support for redistribution among natives. This paper exploits a nationwide program placing refugees in … increased immigrant shares on preferences for redistribution. The results show that a larger immigrant population leads to less … support for redistribution in the form of preferred social benefit levels. This reduction in support is especially pronounced …

the relationship between income redistribution (measured by the ratio of the income distribution resulting from market … processes and the income distribution after redistribution) and ethno-linguistic fractionalization. We find that the impact of … ethno-linguistic fractionalization on income redistribution is conditional on the level of economic freedom: countries that …

and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes – though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …