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Social Mobility and Preferences for Income Redistribution: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment

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Ilja Neustadt () (Socioeconomic Institute, University of Zurich)
Peter Zweifel () (Socioeconomic Institute, University of Zurich)

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In this paper, preferences for income redistribution are elicited through a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) performed in 2008. In addition to the amount of redistribution as a share of GDP, attributes also included its uses (working poor, unemployed, old age, families with children, ill health) and nationality of beneficiary (Swiss, Western European, other foreigners). Willingness to pay for redistribution increases with income and education, contradicting the conventional Meltzer-Richard (1981) model. The Prospect of Upward Mobility hypothesis [Hirschman and Rothschild (1973); Benabou and Ok (2001)] receives very partial empirical support.

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Keywords: Income redistribution; preferences; willingness to pay; discrete choice experiments; stated choice; economic well-being; social mobility;

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C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models
C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
H29 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Other

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