Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials

William R. Kerr

NBER Working Paper No. 17701
Issued in December 2011

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Comments are appreciated and can be sent to wkerr@hbs.edu. I thank Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Emek Basker, Roland Benabou, Koen Caminada, Joseph Kerr, Ashley Lester, Jo Thori Lind, Erzo Luttmer, Byron Lutz, Rohini Pande, Thomas Piketty, James Snyder, and seminar participants for helpful comments and discussions. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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