出版社：Suntory Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines
摘要：Is there a trade-o between people's preference for income equality and income mobility? Testing for the existence of such a trade-o is di cult 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 nd no direct trade-o in preference between mobility and equality, but an indirect trade-o, 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. Acknowledgements. We thank Anat Alexandron, Latika Sharma and Yinfei Dong for research assistance. JEL Classi cation: D63 Correspondence to: F. A. Cowell, STICERD, LSE, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE. (f.cowell@lse.ac.uk)
