Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Villanger, Espen"
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Does Wealth Reduce Support for Redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian Housing Lottery
Andersen, Asbjørn G; Franklin, Simon; Tigabu, Getahun; Kotsadam, Andreas; Somville, Vincent; Villanger, Espen (DP SAM;18/2020, Working paper, 2020-09)We provide causal evidence of how an increase in wealth affects support for redistribution and beliefs about the causes of poverty. Exploiting the variation in wealth created by an Ethiopian housing lottery, we show that ... -
Fighting poverty : company interests and foreign aid policy, and an impact analysis of natural disasters
Villanger, Espen (Doctoral thesis, 2003)