A ‘Leaky Bucket’ in the Real World
Estimating Inequality Aversion using Survey Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9725683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jukka Pirttilä (0000-0002-5462-8368, Tampere University), ROOPE UUSITALO (0000-0002-6708-0004, VATT Institute for Economic Research) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 305 |
| Pages | 60-76 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00729.x |
| OpenAlex | W2091694803 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 25 |
Existing evidence of inequality aversion relies on data from class‐room experiments where subjects face hypothetical questions. This paper estimates the magnitude of inequality aversion using representative survey data, with questions related to the real‐economy situations the respondents face. The results reveal that inequality aversion can be measured in a meaningful way using survey data, but the magnitudes of the estimates depend dramatically on how inequality aversion is measured. No matter how measured, the revealed inequality aversion predicts opinions on a wide range of questions related to the welfare state, such as the level of taxation, tax progressivity and the structure of unemployment benefits
Econometrics · Economic inequality · Economics · Expected utility hypothesis · Inequality · Inequity aversion · Macroeconomics · Mathematical economics · Risk aversion (psychology) · Statistics · Survey data collection · Unemployment · Welfare · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |