New research sheds light on how inequality aversion influences public support for redistribution policies. The study, co-authored by Prof. Ernst Fehr, challenges traditional economic assumptions that individuals only care about their own income. Instead, it reveals that aversion to inequality plays a crucial role in shaping people's political preferences. “Our findings support the theory of inequality aversion which suggests that many people dislike inequality per se, and that this dislike has important economic and political consequences – both at the societal and the personal level,” Ernst Fehr explains.