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With uncertainty about the relative weighting of the income determinants, different beliefs regarding, for example, the role of effort significantly affect incentives to work, the demand for redistribution, and the income distribution in society. These individual beliefs emerge from personal experiences of intergenerational income mobility.
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Schad, M. (2016). Social Beliefs and Redistributive Politics. In: Intergenerational Income Mobility and Redistributive Policy. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10465-8_9
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