Research-Working Papers
Social Preferences for Mobility: an Experimental Questionnaire
University of Ca' Foscari WP No.23/2019Last Version 2020
Abstract: In this paper I develop an experimental questionnaire to analyse people’s social concern for different mobility dimensions. I consider two mobility scenarios: the wealth evolution among generations and periods. Moreover, I test whether people’s social preferences change conditional to different sources of wealth inequality among generations (periods). I find that equality of opportunity in the mobility process has high social value in both mobility scenarios. However, people are not willing to tolerate high wealth inequality and fluctuation among generations (periods) in order to achieve equality of opportunity. Finally, the source of wealth inequality seems to affect differently people preferences for mobility in the two mobility scenarios.
An Experimental Questionnaires on People's Perception about Intergenerational Mobility
First Draft 2020
Abstract: In this paper I investigate people’s perception about two fundamental intergenerational mobility aspects, structural mobility and exchange mobility, through a questionnaire experiment. Furthermore, I provide several mobility scenarios that may affect people’s mobility perception about both mobility aspects. We find that both exchange and structural mobility seem to outline subjects’ perception about the income variations involved. However, some mobility processes involved by structural mobility seem to be strongly perceived than those involved by exchange mobility. Finally, I find that equality of opportunity may not be perceived as the highest intergenerational mobility level.