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  • The amount of income inequality thought legitimate, a matter fiercely debated, differs greatly from nation to nation. In these debates the predominant legitimating principle is equity theory, the claim that justice lies in rewarding people in proportion to their productivity. This principle is natural in simple economies of small, independent producers where productivity is transparent, like most of the world before the industrial revolution. But in a modern economy of large, bureaucratic organizations with a complex division of labor, or in more complex or less monetized settings within any economy (government, education, religion, the military), individual contributions are often unclear. That gives less justification for either the high pay of productive workers, or the low pay of unproductive workers. Thus equity theory legitimates a relatively egalitarian distribution of income in modern economies and in economic sectors where productivity is not transparent. This theoretical prediction is tested empirically using a new multiple item scale measuring attitudes to productivity, several long established scales measuring attitudes to various aspects of inequality, together with detailed background and socioeconomic measures. Data are from the International Social Science Survey, Round 20, USA 2016 (a large internet based sample of the adult US population). A second test is based on the ISSS Round 18, Australia 2004 (a large representative national sample conducted by mail based on a simple random sample of the compulsory electoral register, with a completion rate over 60%). (xsd:string)
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  • The Legitimation of Inequality, Equity Theory, and Economic Transpancy: A Theory and Two Empirical Tests Using a New Survey-Based Measurement Scale (xsd:string)
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