Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3778-2152 and Dardanoni, Valentino
(2015)
Do we value mobility?
Social Choice and Welfare, 44 (2).
pp. 231-255.
ISSN 0176-1714
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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 find 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: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.springer.com/economics/economic+theory/... |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Springer, Part of Springer Science+Business Media |
| Divisions: | Economics STICERD Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2014 10:53 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 08:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59415 |
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