TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lekfuangfu, Warn N.
AU  - Powdthavee, Nattavudh
AU  - Riyanto, Yohanes E.
        TI  - Luck or Rights? An Experiment on Preferences for Redistribution Following Inheritance of Opportunity
        PY  - 2022/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15125
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15125
        AB  - We experimentally investigate whether people generally perceive inheritance as effort-induced or luck-induced. By randomly matched two strangers in a lab setting, we test whether the sources of opportunity handed down from the 'testator' subjects determines later redistributive decisions among the 'heir' subjects. On average, redistribution is highest among the heirs whose chance of winning is determined by the pure luck of the paired testator. In contrast, our subjects treat inherited opportunity generated by effort of someone else who they are artificially linked with as relatively fair. Our results suggest that people would feel entitled to bequests and inheritance unless the randomness of inheritance has been made salient to them.
        KW  - inequality of opportunity
KW  - experiment
KW  - redistribution
KW  - fairness
KW  - inheritance
        ER  -