Homo Æqualis: a cross-society experimental analysis of three bargaining games
In: Working paper series 2009,02
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In: Working paper series 2009,02
In: Working paper series 2008,23
In: Working paper series 2008,14
In: Policy research working paper 3187
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 32, Heft 10, S. 1753-1766
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 32, Heft 10, S. 1753-1766
ISSN: 0305-750X
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In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Band 113, Heft 489, S. 614-630
ISSN: 1468-0297
In: WPS 2007,17
A large number of observational and experimental studies have explored the determinants of individual preferences for redistribution. In general, inequalities are more likely to be accepted by people of higher socioeconomic status, in richer societies and when inequalities are perceived as justifiable owing to differences in productivity. Almas et al. (2019) show that in a relatively unequal society (the United States), the highly educated accept inequality significantly more than the less educated, whereas, in a relatively equal society (Norway), the less educated accept inequality more, but not significantly more, than the highly educated. Here, we replicate this finding using data from experiments conducted in four locations across three countries all distinct from the ones studied by Almas et al. However, a closer look at the data indicates that the origin of the interaction effect varies depending on which societies one compares. Data for Norway and the United States indicate that meritocratic values among the highly educated are less prevalent in more equal societies and that this is the driver of the triple interaction effect. In contrast, in our data the interaction effects have multiple drivers.
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In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 611-639
ISSN: 0022-0388
World Affairs Online
In: The journal of development studies, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 611-639
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: Journal of development economics, Band 68, Heft 2, S. 355-379
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 445-466
ISSN: 1099-1328