Perceived Inequality and Support for Redistribution

Yanai, Yuki

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“…For inequality preference and government responsibility, on the other hand, the coefficients indicate a significant moderation. To The finding that perceptions of inequality, and not objective levels, predict preferences relevant for redistribution is much in line with recent research [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Emphasizing the necessity to take psychological processes on the individual level into account, it can serve as explanation why inequality is not self-correcting as the Meltzer-Richards-hypothesis suggests.…”

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“…To amend this situation, they are more susceptible to demand equality. Thus, evidence in favor of the Meltzer-Richards-hypothesis can be found when it is based on perceived rather than on objective inequality [11][12][13][14][15]17]. Consequently, I expect perceptions of more unequal societies to be associated with preferring more income equality, demanding government intervention to reduce differences in incomes, losing faith in meritocracy, and supporting more progressive taxation.…”

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“…These models allow for varying-slopes for inequality perceptions and include three levels with individual observations nested in 69 country-years, which are, in turn, nested in 27 countries. Furthermore, we include several control variables that have shown to be important for redistributive preferences and have been held constant in previous analyses (e.g., [12,14,14,17,23]). On the individual level, I am careful to include only controls that precede the explanatory variable [41] (p. 188), and hold perceived position in society, age, age squared, sex, and level of education constant.…”

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“…In fact, subjective perceptions of inequality seem to be related to preferences, which are conducive to redistribution [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. I believe this perception based argumentation needs to be qualified as it fails to acknowledge the role of the subjective position within society [18][19][20].…”

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Inequality Perceptions, Preferences Conducive to Redistribution, and the Conditioning Role of Social Position

Fatke

2018

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Inequality poses one of the biggest challenges of our time. It is not self-correcting in the sense that citizens demand more redistributive measures in light of rising inequality, which recent studies suggest may be due to the fact that citizens’ perceptions of inequality diverge from objective levels. Moreover, it is not the latter, but the former, which are related to preferences conducive to redistribution. However, the nascent literature on inequality perceptions has, so far, not accounted for the role of subjective position in society. The paper advances the argument that the relationship between inequality perceptions and preferences towards redistribution is conditional on the subjective position of respondents. To that end, I analyze comprehensive survey data on inequality perceptions from the social inequality module of the International Social Survey Programme (1992, 1999, and 2009). Results show that inequality perceptions are associated with preferences conducive to redistribution particularly among those perceive to be at the top of the social ladder. Gaining a better understanding of inequality perceptions contributes to comprehending the absence self-correcting inequality.

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Inequality Perceptions, Preferences Conducive to Redistribution, and the Conditioning Role of Social Position

Fatke

2018

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“…The mixed results regarding the relationship between inequality and redistributive outcomes may partly depend on how people perceive socioeconomic inequality and how their perceptions regarding socioeconomic inequality shape their preferences regarding redistributive policies. The association between socioeconomic inequality and public support for redistribution is not straightforward (Yanai, ). Findings from opinion surveys suggest that there are cognitive impediments to strong demands for redistribution among individuals in unequal societies (Kaufman, ).…”

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Perceptions of inequality and attitudes towards redistribution in four East Asian welfare states

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This study examined the effects of perceived economic inequality and inequality of opportunity on individual preferences for redistributive policies among people in mainland China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Using data from the 2009 International Social Survey Program, a series of regression analyses were performed. Results of the analyses indicate that perceived economic inequality is the most significant predictive factor of attitudes towards redistribution in all four states. Perceived inequality of opportunity was positively associated with favourable attitudes towards redistribution in mainland China and South Korea. Perceived socioeconomic status was not found to have a significant effect on attitudes towards redistribution in South Korea.

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Economic Inequality and News Media

2020

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Despite the rediscovery of the inequality topic by economists and other social scientists in recent times, relatively little is known about how economic inequality is mediated to the wider public. That is precisely where this book steps in: it examines how mainstream news media discuss, respond to, and engage with such important trends. The book addresses significant ‘blind spots’ in the two disciplinary areas most related to this book—political economy and media/journalism studies. Firstly, key issues related to economic inequalities tend to be neglected in media and journalism studies field. Secondly, mainstream economics have paid relatively little attention to the evolving scope and role of mediated communication.

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Perceived Inequality and Support for Redistribution

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Inequality Perceptions, Preferences Conducive to Redistribution, and the Conditioning Role of Social Position

Inequality Perceptions, Preferences Conducive to Redistribution, and the Conditioning Role of Social Position

Perceptions of inequality and attitudes towards redistribution in four East Asian welfare states

Economic Inequality and News Media

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