Luck or rights? An experiment on preferences for redistribution following inheritance of opportunity
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- Lekfuangfu, Warn N. & Powdthavee, Nattavudh & Riyanto, Yohanes E., 2022. "Luck or Rights? An Experiment on Preferences for Redistribution Following Inheritance of Opportunity," IZA Discussion Papers 15125, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Inheritance; Fairness; Redistribution; Entitlement; Experiment; Inequality of opportunity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
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