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Research on Economic Inequality
Inequality, Welfare and Income Distribution: Experimental Approaches
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Frank Cowell
Frank Cowell
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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11
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(2004)11
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978-1-84950-276-4
ISBN print:
978-0-76231-113-2
Series ISSN:
1049-2585
Publication date:
2004
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WHY DO PEOPLE VIOLATE THE TRANSFER PRINCIPLE? EVIDENCE FROM EDUCATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEYS

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Yoram Amiel;
Yoram Amiel
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Frank Cowell;
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Dan Slottje
Dan Slottje
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Yoram Amiel
Frank Cowell
Dan Slottje
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2004
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(04)11001-6
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    2004
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004

We run income inequality questionnaire in 17 universities in the USA. In the questionnaire we examine how students of economics compare inequality of income distributions, when transfers are made between income recipients. The results are analysed in terms of several personal characteristics of the respondents: family income, ethnicity, sex, geographic origin, number of siblings, age, and by ranking of the universities.

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