Abstract
Prior research has shown that different subpopulations such as doctors, lawyers and other elites can have very different distributional preferences than average members of society. A common argument is that these differences can lead to increased economic inequality.
In a new set of experiments, we eliminate possible confounds of prior studies. Our results update the previous insights in the sense that our results are not as strong as and even contradictory to prior results.
The talks discusses implications of these findings policy-making. The talk also explores meaning of our findings for topics such as the robustness of experimental research and the progress of scientific knowledge.