social welfare accounts for intragenerational equity, the larger the intragenerational inequality aversion (IIA), the smaller …

-scale survey experiments. In the first experiment, we randomly inform respondents about the relationship between parental income … experiment shows that respondents do not account for parental influence on economic success when making (re …-)distribution decisions, suggesting that people view parental influence as a legitimate reason to justify some inequality. This can explain …

We conduct an interdisciplinary meta-analysis to aggregate the knowledge from empirical estimates of inequality … aversion reported from 1999 to 2022. In particular, we examine 85 estimates of disadvantageous inequality aversion (or envy …) and advantageous inequality aversion (or guilt) from 26 articles in economics, psychology, neuroscience and computer …

obligations. We present evidence from a laboratory tax experiment suggesting that the effects of complexity on compliance are …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …

Meritocratic beliefs are often invoked as justification of inequality. We provide evidence on how meritocratic beliefs … are shaped by economic status and how they contribute to the moral justification of inequality. In a large-scale survey … experiment in the US, we show that success causes a change in beliefs about success depending on effort rather than luck …

and more inequality than all our three criteria of distributive justice. We offer a numerical illustration of the key …We introduce distributive justice into a simple model of growth and distribution. Two groups (‘classes’) of otherwise … and Nash bargaining, encapsulating electoral politics and socio-political bargaining) and two normative (justice) criteria …

In this paper we build a model of trade in vertically differentiated products and find that income inequality can … inequality on the demand for imports is then assessed by examining panel data for 36 developing and developed countries for the … 1980-1997 period. We find significant evidence supporting our prediction that inequality has a large influence on the …

between income inequality, group-specific income redistribution, and subjective well-being among China’s urban, rural, and … migrant populations. Using narrowly defined reference groups, our findings suggest that within-group inequality does not …