Preferences for redistribution in the land of opportunities

被引：572
作者：
Alesina, A [1 ]
La Ferrara, E
机构：
[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Littauer Ctr, NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] CPER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Bocconi Univ, Milan, Italy
[4] IGIER, Milan, Italy
来源：
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 2005年 / 89卷 / 5-6期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
redistribution; mobility; equal opportunities;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.05.009
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper explores how individual preferences for redistribution depend on future income prospects. In addition to estimating the impact of individuals' socioeconomic background and of their subjective perceptions of future mobility, we employ panel data to construct 'objective' measures of expected gains and losses from redistribution for different categories of individuals. We find that such measures have considerable explanatory power and perform better than 'general mobility' indexes. We also find that preferences for redistribution respond to individual beliefs on what determines one's position in the social ladder. Ceteris paribus, people who believe that the American society offers 'equal opportunities are more averse to redistribution. (c) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码：897 / 931
页数：35
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