Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank A. and Dardanoni, Valentino (2013) Do we value mobility? Public Economics Programme Papers (PEP 17). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
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Abstract
Is there a trade-off between people's preference for income equality and income mobility? Testing for the existence of such a trade-off is difficult because mobility is a multifaceted concept. We analyse results from a questionnaire experiment based on simple precise concepts of income inequality and income mobility. We fnd no direct trade-off in preference between mobility and equality, but an indirect trade-off, applying when more income mobility can only be obtained at the expense of some income inequality. Mobility preference - but not equality preference - appears to be driven by personal experience of mobility.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Report) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Economics STICERD Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2014 14:56 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 22:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/58061 |
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