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Leaky Bucket in the Real World: Estimating Inequality Aversion Using Survey Data [PDF]

Existing evidence of inequality aversion relies on data from class-room experiments where subjects face hypothetical questions. This paper estimates the magnitude of inequality aversion using representative survey data, with questions related to the real-
Jukka Pirttilä, Roope Uusitalo
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Inequality Aversion and Voting on Redistribution [PDF]

Mounting evidence shows that there is heterogeneity in aversion to inequality, i.e. that some people have a concern for a fair distribution. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution?
Jean-Robert Tyran, Rupert Sausgruber, Wolfgang Hoechtl   +2 more
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Does prioritization of COVID vaccine distribution to communities with the highest COVID burden reduce health inequity?

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Background: Communities hardest-hit by early SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks accrued more immunity, but prioritizing these communities for vaccination could reduce health disparities.
Hae-Young Kim, Anna Bershteyn, Rienna Russo, Jessica Mcgillen, Julia Sisti, Charles Ko, Jaimie Shaff, Remle Newton-Dame, R. Scott Braithwaite   +8 more
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Output and Wages with Inequality Averse Agents [PDF]

We analyze a two-task work environment with risk-neutral but inequality averse individuals. For the agent employed in task 2 effort is verifiable, while in task 1 it is not.
Carsten Helm, Claude Fluet, Dominique Demougin   +2 more
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Cheating, inequality aversion, and appealing to social norms

, 2020
We conduct a field experiment involving 143, 9-years old children in their classrooms. Children are requested to flip a coin in private and receive a big or a small prize depending on the outcome they report.
Clara Amato, F. Gino, N. Montinari, P. Sacco   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Self-interest overrides rank-reversal aversion in resource distribution

Scientific Reports
The equitable allocation of resources has long been a central concern for humanity, prompting extensive research into various motivations that drive the pursuit of distributive justice.
Minyoung Kim, Kun Il Kim, Hackjin Kim
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Fairness Preferences in a Bilateral Trade Experiment

Games, 2020
Is the willingness to make trades influenced by how the total gains from trade are split between the trading partners? We present results from a bilateral trade game (n = 128) where all participants were price-takers and trading pairs faced one of three ...
Alice Ciccone, Ole Rogeberg, Ragnhild Braaten   +2 more
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Inequality and well-being in transition economies: A non-experimental test of inequality aversion [PDF]

This paper examines the link between inequality and individual well-being using household survey data from 27 Transition Economies, where income inequality increased considerably since 1989.
Alexandru Cojocaru
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Incorporating Inequality Aversion in Health-Care Priority Setting

Social justice research, 2019
Although measures of sensitivity to inequality are important in judging the welfare effects of health-care programmes, it is far from straightforward how to elicit them and apply them in health-care decision-making. This paper provides an overview of the
Joan Costa-Font, F. Cowell
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Personal Values Associated with Prosocial Decisions

Behavioral Sciences, 2020
Social situations require people to make complex decisions, sometimes involving different outcomes for the self and others. Considering the long-lasting interest scholars are showing in the topic of social decisions, the aim of the current article is to ...
Renata M. Heilman, Petko Kusev
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