Subjective income and employment expectations and preferences for redistribution

Helmut Rainer and Thomas Siedler

Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using probabilistic expectations data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we establish a link between self-reported expectations of occupational mobility and preferences for redistribution. Our results provide new evidence on the validity of the \"prospect of upward mobility\" hypothesis.

Date: 2008
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Published in Economics Letters 3 99(2008): pp. 449-453

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