Meta-Analysis of Distributional Preferences
对41篇文章中297个不平等厌恶估计值进行元分析，发现个体平均对不利不平等敏感度0.533、有利不平等0.326，且战略环境会改变两种敏感度；另分析17项研究中的利他主义与公平效率偏好。
Abstract We conduct a meta-analysis of distributional preferences, examining 297 estimates of sensitivity to inequality from 41 articles that structurally estimate the Fehr and Schmidt (1999) model. Our analysis indicates that individuals are inequality averse: mean sensitivity to disadvantageous and advantageous inequality are, respectively, 0.533 and 0.326. We also uncover systematic heterogeneity: aversion to advantageous (disadvantageous) inequality is smaller (larger) in strategic environments. Finally, we examine 98 estimates of altruism and attitude towards equity versus efficiency from 17 studies structurally estimating the Andreoni and Miller (2002) model. The representative individual displays Cobb–Douglas preferences with roughly 1/3 weight on others’ earnings.