statistical tests for fairness within well-defined income distribution generating processes and a well specified notion of … fairness. We find that the likelihood ratio (LR) test for fairness versus unfairness within two such processes are proportional … their values differently – to compare them to critical values for a test of the null hypothesis of fairness, or to use them …

lines of race and education. -- Distributive Justice ; Governmental Redistribution ; Fairness …

persistence. -- equality of opportunity ; fairness ; redistribution ; wage inequality …

In this paper we address the issue of the role of ideology and political preferences of publically engaged economists … of economist petitions, which we identify as one channel for economists to exert public influence. We base our analysis … petitions and economists based on the social structure of petition networks. …

This paper is about economists and their opinions on economic policies. Using a representative sample of Italian … economists as a case study, we show that disagreement is large on both the causes of the economic difficulties in Italy and the …, the degree of pro-market orientation and the level of optimism are all relevant in explaining differences in economists …