Study Finds Ivy League MBA Students Favor More Unequal Distributions Than Average Americans
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Summary
This study examines the fairness and efficiency preferences of future elites (Ivy League MBA students) through an incentivized lab experiment. The researchers found that MBA students implement significantly more unequal earnings distributions than the average American, regardless of whether inequality results from luck or merit. MBA students are also far more responsive to efficiency costs when making redistributive choices, unlike representative U.S. samples. The study identifies "weak meritocratic" tendencies among many MBA students, who tolerate inequality even when it stems from luck, suggesting elite preferences may contribute to sustaining U.S. inequality.
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Their redistributive choices are also far more responsive to efficiency costs than the near-zero response found in representative U.S. samples.
A large share of MBA students falls outside standard classifications, instead displaying 'weak meritocratic' tendencies that tolerate inequality even when it stems from luck.
These findings identify a channel through which elite preferences may sustain U.S. inequality.
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