Preferences For Redistribution and Perception of Fairness: An Experimental Study

By Ruben Durante, Louis Putterman, Joël J. Van der Weele. 2014

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Richer (and Holier) Than Thou? The Effect of Relative Income Improvements on Demand for Redistribution (2017, neutral): “Even though many studies provide evidence of self-interested political preferences and pocket-book voting (Peltzman, 1985; Durante et al., 2014; Elinder et al., 2010; Powdthavee and Oswald, 2014; Margalit, 2013), evidence for socially motivated political preferences has also been documented (see e.”
Responsibility for what? Fairness and individual responsibility (2010, background): “The importance of differences in individual endowments has also been studied in the context of ultimatum games, public-good games and redistributive voting games; see among others Cherry et al. (2005), Clark (1998), Durante and Putterman (2007), and Hoffman and Spitzer (1982).”
Preferences for Redistribution (2009, background): “…which becomes insignificant.24 Extensive experimental literature shows that preferences for redistribution may be dictated by a sense of fairness or aversion to inequality (see Durante and Putterman (2007), Frohlich and Oppenheimer (1992), Cowell and Schokkaert (2001), Hoffman and Spitzer (1985)).”
The Structure of American Income Tax Policy Preferences (2017, background): “We isolate the first effect by separating individuals according to whether they believe that economic success is a result of hard work or luck— previous work has shown that individuals believe that taxing income that results from effort is less fair than taxing wealth that arises serendipitously (Al”
Experienced inequality and preferences for redistribution (2018, background): “We contribute to a growing literature on the origins and determinants of redistributive preferences (Alesina et al., 2013; Durante et al., 2014; Alesina and Giuliano, 2010; Alesina and La Ferrara, 2005; Kuziemko et al., 2015), beliefs about inequality (Piketty, 1995) and fairness concerns (Cappelen ”
Do fairness and race matter in generosity? Evidence from a nationally representative charity experiment (2011, background): “This is the case in both survey data and laboratory experiments on voting for redistribution with monetary stakes (Williamson, 1974; Heclo, 1986; Gilens, 1999; Alesina et al., 2001; Fong, 2001; Corneo and Grüner, 2002; Durante and Putterman, 2008).”