Do we value mobility?

Yoram Amiel, Michele Bernasconi, Frank Cowell () and Valentino Dardanoni ()

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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.

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Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2013-04
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