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Pellicer, Miquel, Piraino, Patrizio and Wegner, Eva (2019) Perceptions of inevitability and demand for redistribution: Evidence from a survey experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 159. pp. 274-288. ISSN 01672681
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Abstract
Believing that inequality is inevitable may limit demand for redistribution. We explore this idea with a survey experiment in South Africa, one of the most unequal countries in the world. Inevitability beliefs can be influenced by learning about lower inequality elsewhere. We find that the demand for redistributive policies reacts to this information, while it is insensitive to other types of information/messages. Our analysis suggests a promising, and heretofore unexplored, avenue of research for refining our understanding of the determinants of demand for redistribution.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Inequality; Demand for redistribution; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting |
| Item ID: | 16299 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.12.013 |
| Depositing User: | Miquel Pellicer |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2022 08:38 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/16299 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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