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Equity, Responsibility and the Cultural Dimension
Author(s) -
GAERTNER WULF,
SCHWETTMANN LARS
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
economica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.532
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1468-0335
pISSN - 0013-0427
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00563.x
Subject(s) - german , axiom , hofstede's cultural dimensions theory , dimension (graph theory) , explanatory power , equity (law) , ordered probit , probit model , psychology , social psychology , economics , econometrics , demographic economics , political science , geography , mathematics , epistemology , law , philosophy , geometry , archaeology , pure mathematics
We present questionnaire studies concerning equity judgments based on an axiom that underlies Rawls's difference principle. Our investigation, spanning over a period of fifteen years, was run at German, Austrian and Slovenian universities. We also modified two of our basic scenarios to check for responsibility aspects. Additionally, we included information on socio‐demographic characteristics of respondents in a probit model. Answers depend on cultural environments, but results indicate some convergence over time. Responsibility considerations are important if they can be attributed to particular persons. Although overall explanatory power of demographic attributes is low, we observe significant gender differences.