Inequality, social mobility and redistributive preferences
通过在线实验向美国公民提供关于结果不平等和机会不平等的信息，发现财富不平等信息增加对累进税制的支持，而缺乏社会流动性信息则提高对财政支出再分配的偏好，且这些影响在低估不平等、信任政府或中等收入群体中更强。
In an online experiment, we provide US citizens with information on both inequality of outcomes and opportunities and test the impact on preferences for redistribution. Information on wealth inequalities in the US increases consensus on a more progressive tax system, whereas information on lack of social mobility in the US increases participants’ preferences for redistribution via fiscal spending. Both informational treatments have a stronger impact when participants also learn that higher inequality is not a necessary part of economic development. All informational treatments have a stronger impact for citizens who underestimate the current level of inequality, trust the government, or belong to the middle-income group, while there is no clear relationship between political position and the impact of information on preferences for redistribution.