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Economics of inequality

the idea that people who expect to move up the income ladder oppose redistribution even when currently below average.

In economics of inequality, prospect of upward mobility hypothesis refers to the idea that people who expect to move up the income ladder oppose redistribution even when currently below average. This meaning comes from Benabou (2001) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

Benabou, R., & Ok, E. A. (2001). Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution: The Poum Hypothesis. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116(2), 447-487. https://doi.org/10.1162/00335530151144078

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