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Do we value mobility?

Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank A. ORCID: 0000-0002-3778-2152 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)
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: 12 Dec 2024 06:00
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/58061

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