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. news.uzh.ch/en/articles/medi… “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.