Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26071 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2026
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
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
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