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This paper sets out the economic case for the promise of the proposal, showing on a simple model that it will reduce income inequality (for populations which display the aversion to inequality typically found in empirical studies) and re-establish social efficiency.

intinequ.pdf

A relative simple and legislatively light way of providing such information is via a public, free mobile application. This document draws up a roadmap for the development of such an app.

Roadmap Social Cost.pdf

A video of a virtual presentation of the "economic case for inequality reporting" paper (above)

Income inequality information will only have an impact if people are willing to pay more for goods associated with less income inequality. But are they? This paper reports an incentive-compatible choice-based experiment on a representation sample of the English population which answers with a resounding: Yes!

WTP_red_inequ.pdf