Jeffrey Yusof @jyusof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025But how do fairness preferences influence people’s support for real-world welfare policies? We find that our experimental measures of fairness preferences are a strong predictor of support for welfare policies (controlling for SES and political affiliation). [10/14] 100
Jeffrey Yusof @jyusof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Main take-away: Our results suggest that the conventional dichotomy of effort versus luck falls short of explaining redistributive preferences when market forces beyond individual control create inequality. Link to paper: bit.ly/40y8XGM [11/14]bit.lyjmp_market_luck_jy.pdf 100
Jeffrey Yusof @jyusof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025In general, my work explores how people perceive inequality, how this shapes their preferences for redistribution, and their support for welfare policies. In other projects… [12/14] 100