| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP15877 |
| DP15877 Social Position and Fairness Views on Inequality | |
| Kristoffer Balle Hvidberg; Claus Thustrup Kreiner | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-03-03 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We link survey data on Danish people’s perceived income positions and fairness views on inequality within various reference groups to administrative records on their reference groups, income histories, and life events. People are, on average, well- informed about the income levels of their reference groups. Yet, lower-ranked respondents in all groups tend to overestimate their own position among others because they believe others’ incomes are lower than is the case, while the opposite holds for higher-ranked respondents. Misperceptions of positions in reference groups relate to proximity to other individuals, transparency norms, and visible signals of income. People view inequalities within their co-workers and education groups as significantly more unfair than overall inequality, yet underestimate inequality the most exactly within these groups. Views on the fairness of inequalities are strongly correlated with an individual’s current position, move with shocks like unemployment or promotions, and change when experimentally showing people their actual positions. However, the higher perceived unfairness of income differences within co-workers and education groups stays unchanged. The theoretical framework shows that this can have important implications for redistribution policy. |
| 主题 | Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Social class Fairness views Inequality Misperceptions Information experiment |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15877-0 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544869 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kristoffer Balle Hvidberg,Claus Thustrup Kreiner. DP15877 Social Position and Fairness Views on Inequality. 2021. |
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