Rising inequality and public support for redistribution

Rising inequality and public support for redistribution - HILLEN

We find that rising inequality increases support for redistribution within all income groups, with a marginally stronger effect among the well-off.

Support for redistribution in an age of rising inequality: New stylized ...

Two groups who have historically been strong supporters of economic redistribution – blacks and the elderly – are also the groups whose support for the ...

Rising inequality isn't driving mass public support for redistribution

In the past, excessive economic inequality has ended… badly. As Charlotte Cavaillé points out in her new book that studies the public's ...

Inequality aversion predicts support for public and private ... - PNAS

Rising inequality has brought redistribution back on the political agenda. In theory, inequality aversion drives people's support for ...

Support for Redistribution in an Age of Rising Inequality

Source: Authors' calculations, based on data from the General Social Survey and the American National. Election Studies. a. The four panel figures depict ...

New Study Reveals Public Support for Reducing Pay Inequality ...

Despite decades of rising inequality, less than 50 percent of respondents to social surveys support direct government redistribution of income ...

Inequality Narratives, Fairness, and Support for Redistribution in Six ...

Scholarship suggests that information about levels of inequality does not easily shift redistributive attitudes. We embed information about ...

Does Trust in Government Increase Support for Redistribution ...

I discuss implications for theory building about causes of support for redistribution in an era of rising inequality and eroding confidence in ...

Ph.D. Spotlight: Income Inequality and Mass Support for Redistribution

Despite decades of rising inequality, public support for redistribution has not increased in a meaningful way. This is puzzling because it ...

Full article: Fairness of inequality and support for redistribution

Economic inequality constitutes a defining challenge of our time and it remains puzzling why rising levels of inequality have not led to ...

Why Rising Inequality Doesn't Stimulate Political Action

Rising economic inequality, rather than making the public ... support for redistribution and the public response to economic inequality.

Support for Redistribution in an Age of Rising Inequality

Despite the large increases in economic inequality since 1970, American survey respondents exhibit no increase in support for redistribution ...

Political Context, Government Redistribution, and the Public's ...

The argument put forward here is that growing inequality systematically shapes preferences for redistribution in different ways, depending on two important ...

Comment on 'Support for Redistribution in an Age of Rising Inequality'

Despite decades of widening income inequality in the United States, public demand for redistribution has remained flat and perhaps even declined.

Income Inequality and Mass Support for Redistribution

The wealthiest Americans hold nearly as much income today as they did prior to the Great Depression. Despite decades of rising inequality, in which shared ...

Does support for redistribution mean what we think it means?

When surveyed, clear majorities express concern about inequality and view the government as responsible for addressing it.

Redistribution Preferences, Inequality Information, and Partisan ...

In an era of rising inequality, the U.S. public's relatively modest support for redistributive policies has been a puzzle for scholars.

Americans' Views on U.S. Economic Inequality - Pew Research Center

In 2018, households near the top of the income ladder had incomes that were 12.6 times higher than those near the bottom. By comparison, in 1980 ...

Political Context, Government Redistribution, and the Public's ...

Alternatively, if the public is concerned about growing inequality, their views may provide an important link between the distribution of income and government ...

Chapter 3. Inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in Advanced ...

In many advanced economies, inequality has been rising and this has coincided with growing public support for income redistribution. This comes at a time ...