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Intragenerational Inequality Aversion and Intergenerational Equity [PDF]

European Economic Review, 2022
We study the interplay between intragenerational and intergenerational equity in an economy with two countries producing and consuming from national capital stocks. We characterize the sustainable development path that a social planner would implement to
V. Martinet, Stellio Del Campo, Robert D. Cairns   +2 more
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Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
Using self reported measures of life satisfaction and risk attitudes, we empirically test whether there is a relationship between individuals inequality and risk aversion.
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada, Ramos, Xavi
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Effective climate action must address both social inequality and inequality aversion

npj Climate Action
While social inequality limits the less affluent’s ability to support climate action, we develop a theoretical framework that analyzes how disadvantageous inequality aversion diminishes motivation for climate cooperation among the broader population.
Joël Berger, Ulf Liebe
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Inequality aversion and voting on redistribution. [PDF]

Eur Econ Rev, 2012
Some people have a concern for a fair distribution of incomes while others do not. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure of income classes.
Höchtl W, Sausgruber R, Tyran JR.
europepmc   +10 more sources

E-learning and health inequality aversion: A questionnaire experiment. [PDF]

Health Econ, 2018
In principle, questionnaire data on public views about hypothetical trade‐offs between improving total health and reducing health inequality can provide useful normative health inequality aversion parameter benchmarks for policymakers faced with real ...
Cookson R, Ali S, Tsuchiya A, Asaria M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Poverty aversion or inequality aversion? The influencing factors of crime in China

Journal of Applied Economics, 2020
This paper aims to understand whether and how poverty aversion and inequality aversion affect the criminal behaviors. We analyze the relationship between the three variables through a theoretical model and an empirical model.
Zhe Song, Taihua Yan, Tangyang Jiang
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Stated and revealed inequality aversion in three subject pools. [PDF]

J Econ Sci Assoc, 2015
This paper reports data from three subject pools (n=717 subjects) using techniques based on those of Loewenstein, et al. (1989) and Blanco, et al. (2011) to obtain parameters, respectively, of stated and revealed inequality aversion.
Beranek B, Cubitt R, Gächter S.
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Specific egalitarianism? Inequality aversion across domains

The Journal of Economic Inequality
Abstract An individual’s inequality aversion (IA) is a central preference parameter that captures the welfare sacrifice from exposure to inequality. However, it is far from trivial how best to elicit IA estimates. Also, little is known about the behavioural determinants of IA and how they differ across domains such as income and health. Using
Joan Costa‐Font, Frank Cowell
semanticscholar   +6 more sources

Pigouvian tax aversion and inequity aversion in the lab [PDF]

Economics Bulletin, 2010
We use an experimental market with externalities to test whether inequality aversion could help explain the popularity of earmarking tax revenues. We find that voter opposition is not fully explained by material self-interest: Results indicate that ...
Steffen Kallbekken, Stephan Kroll, Todd L Cherry   +2 more
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Relative Deprivation: How Subjective Experiences of Income Inequality Influence Risk Preferences [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences
Economic inequality has been linked to changes in individual risk-taking behavior, yet the underlying mechanisms remain underexplored. In this study, I examine whether feelings of relative deprivation from upward social comparisons influence risk ...
Tae-Young Pak
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