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| Title: | | Leaky bucket in the real world: estimating inequality aversion using survey data  |
| Authors: | | Pirttilä, Jukka Uusitalo, Roope |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper 2026 |
| Abstract: | | 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 the magnitude of inequality aversion can be measured in a meaningful way using survey data, but the estimates depend dramatically on the framing of the question. 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. |
| JEL: | | D31 D63 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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