when such conditional fair-ness preferences are measured using the “inequality acceptance” method. Depending on the default …, implemented inequality decreases by over 65% and cross-country differences are not observed. To organize the data, we develop a …

investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from … cheating. Using a laboratory experiment, I exogenously vary cheating opportunities for stakeholders who work on a real effort … to different views on whether to accept inequality. Left-wing spectators substantially reduce inequality when cheating is …

importance of luck for success, and how this mediates their meritocratic beliefs and acceptance of inequality. We randomly assign …

societies occupy top positions in inequality rankings, redistribution levels tend to be lower. We combine survey and … inequality, focusing on two channels, fairness views and communication. First, we confirm the finding that inequality resulting … from differences in merit is more accepted than inequality due to luck or factors outside of individual control. We also …

This paper seeks to understand whether the way in which inequality is communicated through measurements influences … individuals' fairness perceptions regarding wealth inequality. It begins from the premise that prominent measures of inequality …, such as the Gini coefficient, fall short of providing an intuitive understanding of inequality for most people. Following …

Understanding the exact connection between inequality and justice is important because justice is classically regarded … justice, the sense of justice would not awaken to exert its moral suasion, no matter how great the inequality or how fast its … increase. We obtain exact links between economic inequality and three parameters of the justice evaluation distribution …