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. The main research question raised in the paper is whether our perception of income differentiation is driven by experience … more tolerant to income inequality than a less mobile and segmented one? The intuitive answer seems to be an obvious “yes …
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, uncertainty, rising income and wealth inequalities, decreasing mobility) and demand for redistribution. Our context is Hungary … redistribution, namely, uncertainty in actual and future income, and unemployment. Uncertainty raises the demand for redistribution … expectation for future income have a very strong effect on the formation of thinking about income redistribution. Even those who …
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to measurement error in current income. In contrast, there is robust support for the view that beliefs about moral …
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We use a controlled laboratory experiment to study the causal impact of income decreases within a time period on …, we investigate the effect of a negative income trend (intra-personal decrease), which means a decreasing income compared … to one's recent past. Second, we investigate the effect of a negative income trend relative to the income trend of …
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This paper examines whether income transparency - the public release of citizens' income information - affects support … release income information on Finland's top earners to the public. To identify causal effects we compare respondents who took …
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disciplined by US household survey data on income, wealth, education and time use. Studying the transitions induced by unexpected …
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A meritocratic fairness ideal is generally believed to regard income inequality as fair if it stems from performance … lead individuals to support income redistribution, while also obtaining an assessment regarding to what degree …
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Support for redistribution depends on whether inequality stems from differences in performance or luck, but different sources of luck may impact redistribution differentially. We elicit redistribution decisions from a U.S.-representative sample who observe worker earnings and whether luck...
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We examine how people redistribute income when there is uncertainty about the role luck plays in determining … whether luck magnified workers' effort ("lucky opportunities") or determined workers' income directly ("lucky outcomes"). We …
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