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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Do we value mobility?

Frank CowellMichele BernasconiYoram AmielValentino Dardanoni

subject

Economics and EconometricsLabour economicsGeographic mobilityIncome EqualityEquality PreferenceIncome InequalityHC Economic History and Conditionsjel:N0HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologyPreferenceMarginal DistributionIncome InequalityMarginal DistributionIncome EqualityEquality PreferenceIntergenerational MobilityEconomic inequalityIncome inequality metricsIncome distributionIntergenerational MobilityValue (economics)EconomicsSettore SECS-P/03 - Scienza delle FinanzeSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Public financeSocial policy

description

Is there a trade-off between people's preference for income equality and income mobility? Testing for the existence of such a trade-off is difficult because mobility is a multifaceted concept. We analyse results from a questionnaire experiment based on simple precise concepts of income inequality and income mobility. We fnd no direct trade-off in preference between mobility and equality, but an indirect trade-off, applying when more income mobility can only be obtained at the expense of some income inequality. Mobility preference - but not equality preference - appears to be driven by personal experience of mobility.

10.1007/s00355-014-0839-2http://hdl.handle.net/10278/3644542