不平等厌恶预测支持公共和私人再分配
Thomas F Epper1,2, Ernst Fehr2,3, Claus Thustrup Kreiner2
1CNRS, Institut d'Économie Scientifique Et de Gestion (IESEG) School of Management, University of Lille, Department of Economics & Management, F-59000 Lille, France.
概括
人们对不平等的厌恶,无论是有利的还是不利的,都会影响他们对再分配的支持. 不喜欢不利的不平等驱动公共再分配支持,而有利的不平等厌恶推动私人捐款.
科学领域:
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
- 社会政策 社会政策 社会政策
- 实验经济学的实验经济学
背景情况:
- 越来越多的社会不平等使人们重新关注重新分配政策.
- 理论框架表明,不平等厌恶影响支持重新分配.
- 有限的经验证据证实了在社会再分配中有利与不利的不平等厌恶的不同作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查有利和不利的不平等厌恶对公共和私人再分配的影响.
- 实证测试关于这些不同形式的不平等厌恶及其对再分配偏好的影响的理论预测.
主要方法:
- 在一个大样本中利用激励实验来测量不平等厌恶 (约. 9,000) 的丹麦成年人 (20-64岁).
- 将关于不平等厌恶的实验数据与关于公共再分配支持的调查数据以及私人捐赠 (慈善) 的行政记录联系起来.
- 采用了一套全面的控制,使用行政数据进行可靠的经验分析.
主要成果:
- 经验结果强烈支持理论预测.
- 对公共再分配的支持随着有利和不利的不平等厌恶而显著增加.
- 私人再分配 (慈善捐款) 随着有利的不平等反感而增加,但随着不利的不平等反感而减少.
结论:
- 不平等厌恶的不同形式对公共与私人再分配有不同的影响.
- 不喜欢不利的不平等是支持旨在减少收入差异的公共再分配政策的关键驱动力.
- 调查结果突出了个人支持各种再分配机制的细微心理基础.
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