Barr, Abigail and Miller, Luis. (2020). The effect of education, income inequality and merit on inequality acceptance. Journal of Economic Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102276
Abstract. A large number of observational and experimental studies have explored the determinants of individual preferences for redistribution. In general, inequalities are more likely to be accepted by people of higher socioeconomic status, in richer societies and when inequalities are perceived as justifiable owing to differences in productivity. Almas et al.