, and proposes that the reason is due to misperceptions of economic inequality caused by segregation in social networks. We …This paper examines the puzzle of why economic inequality has not resulted in political countermeasures to mitigate it … people base their beliefs about mean income on a compound of the true mean and their local perception in the network, and …

less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …

less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …

less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the … of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …

governance indicator, which is free from perception and subjective biases. Our exercise is based on the inference that economies … study comes up with a global ranking of the quality of (trade) governance. The paper also compares our bias-free indicator …

for redistribution in a multi-person setting. We find presence of heterogeneous preferences with a substantial share of … consistent with inequality aversion but points to other forms of other-regarding preferences, as fairness and altruism. By … combination of luck and performance. The perception of a fair tax is different depending on whether subjects' pre-tax income is …

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 …

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 …

explores their potential impact on preferences for redistribution. A tailored household survey provides original evidence on … they were relatively richer than they were tend to demand higher levels of redistribution when informed of their true …