Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Siedler, Thomas Author-Name: Rainer, Helmut Title: Subjective income and employment expectations and preferences for redistribution Abstract: Using probabilistic expectations data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we establish a link between self-reported expectations of occupational mobility and preferences for redistribution. Our results provide new evidence on the validity of the “prospect of upward mobility” hypothesis. Creation-Date: 20070925 Number: 2007-21 Publication-Status: published File-URL: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/files/working-papers/iser/2007-21.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2007-21