The Missing Type: Where Are the Inequality Averse (Students)?

Ernst Fehr, Thomas Epper () and Julien Senn ()
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Thomas Epper: LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IÉSEG School Of Management [Puteaux]
Julien Senn: UZH - Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich

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Abstract: The empirical evidence on the existence of social preferences-or lack thereof-is predominantly based on student samples. Yet, knowledge about whether these findings can be extended to the general population is still scarce. In this paper, we compare the distribution of social preferences in a student and in a representative sample. Using descriptive analysis and a rigorous clustering approach, we show that the distribution of the general population's social preferences fundamentally differs from the students'

Keywords: Social Preferences Altruism Inequality Aversion Preference Heterogeneity Demand for Redistribution JEL Codes: D31 D72 H23 H24; Social Preferences; Altruism; Inequality Aversion; Preference Heterogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12-23
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