| dc.description.abstract | Rising income inequality after the Covid-19 pandemic has been a frequently discussed
topic among both academics and the general public. In this thesis we aim to expand our
understanding into how income inequalities are perceived through the lens of inheritance.
We conducted a survey experiment on the Norwegian population through the statistics
company Norstat. Each respondent was presented with one treatment out of four, and
asked to consider whether they perceived the hypothetical income inequality as fair or
unfair. We then used a linear regression approach in order to analyse the collected data.
Our experiment yielded several interesting results. First, we found that people generally
were accepting of income inequalities that was a result of inheritance. In general,
treatments that implied parental investment, in the form of capital transfers or academic
encouragement, were considered more fair than those that may be attributed to luck.
Furthermore, we also found that voters belonging to the right side of Norwegian politics
were significantly more inclined to perceive income inequalities as fair. | en_US |
