Collaborative Research on Distributive Justice Norms Concerning Income: A Cross-National Experimental Study of Individuals' Choice of Allocation Principles

本研究是一项涉及收入分配的分配正义规范的跨国研究。三个实验室实验用于确定个人在判断收入分配的公平性时选择的原则。实验设计借鉴了对分配正义的规范和实证研究。假设个体根据平等、需要、价值和效率四大分配原则进行分配判断。通过复制挪威的实验，在美国和跨国的不同人群中分析了分配规范。这项研究不仅对关注分配正义领域的学者感兴趣，包括政治学、社会学、经济学、哲学，而且对那些对更广泛的社会和政治问题感兴趣的学者也感兴趣，如制度合法性、福利国家的发展、社会政策以及社会和政治行为。

This research is a cross-national study of distributive justice norms concerning income distribution. Three laboratory experiments are used to determine what principles individuals choose when judging the fairness of income distributions. The experimental design draws on both normative and empirical research on distributive justice. It is hypothesized that individuals make allocation judgments by relying on four major allocation principles -- equality, need, merit, and efficiency. Allocation norms are analyzed across a diverse population within the United States and cross-nationally by replicating the experiments in Norway. This research is not only be of interest to scholars in fields concerned with distributive justice, including political science, sociology, economics, philosophy, but also to those interested in broader social and political issues such as institutional legitimacy, the development of the welfare state, social policy, and social and political behavior.