Are people inequalityaverse, or just riskaverse?

F Carlsson, D Daruvala, O Johansson‐Stenman - Economica, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
risk and inequality aversion, we conduct two separate experiments. In the risk aversion
experiment the degree of inequality … , whereas in the inequality aversion experiment the income …

Inequality aversion versus risk aversion

Y Kroll, L Davidovitz - Economica, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… Conceptually, we define inequality aversion not as a preference for the more equal … in the
level of risk), but as a response to an increase in perceived inequality among participants in the …

Inequality aversion and risk aversion

CP Chambers - Journal of Economic Theory, 2012 - Elsevier
… the more inequality averse a social … risk-averse individual’s preferences. Using this naive
intuition, we could conclude that more inequality averse societies would be more risk averse. …

Choices in egalitarian distribution: Inequality aversion versus risk aversion

Y Kroll, L Davidovitz - 1999 - eprints.lse.ac.uk
inequality averter as well as a risk averter. In order to distinguish clearly between the two
distinct concepts of inequality aversion and risk aversioninequality aversion from risk aversion. …

Inequality aversion and risk attitudes

A Ferrer-i-Carbonell, X Ramos - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
risk and inequality aversion. This is, we find that more risk averse individuals also are more
inequality averse… However, our results also show that risk and inequality aversion are clearly …

Cultural capital or relative risk aversion? Two mechanisms for educational inequality compared1

HG Van de Werfhorst, S Hofstede - The British journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… mechanisms for educational inequality: cultural reproduction and relative risk aversion, using
… Relative risk aversion theory argues that educational inequalities can be understood by …

Priority setting in health care: disentangling risk aversion from inequality aversion

L Echazu, D Nocetti - Health Economics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… :media:hec2858:hec2858-math-0015 That is, our decision maker is ambiguity averse if
his degree of inequality aversion is stronger than his degree of risk aversion, I a > R a .8 …

The presence of a social context increases support for redistribution: Inequality aversion and risk aversion

J Kato, H Takesue - International Political Science Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
… between other-regarding inequality aversion and self-interested risk aversion. A controlled
… This analysis corroborates the importance of other-regarding inequality aversion in forming …

Does relative risk aversion explain educational inequality? A dynamic choice approach

A Holm, MM Jaeger - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2008 - Elsevier
… Building on the idea of risk aversion, these studies analyze if parents or students’ risk aversion
or opinions regarding the importance of preserving social status across generations affect …

The origin of risk aversion

R Zhang, TJ Brennan, AW Lo - Proceedings of the National …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
… focus on the origin of utility and risk aversion. We show … risk aversion emerges as a
consequence of systematic risk and that risk neutrality emerges as a consequence of idiosyncratic …