Demand for redistribution,support for the welfare state,and party identification in Austria |
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Authors: | Andreas Kuhn |
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Institution: | 1.Institute for Empirical Research in Economics,University of Zurich and IZA,Zurich,Switzerland |
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Abstract: | This paper describes subjective wage inequality and the demand for redistribution in Austria using individuals’ estimates
of occupational wages from the International Social Survey Program. Although these estimates differ widely across individuals,
the data clearly show that most individuals would like to decrease wage inequality, relative to the level of inequality which
they perceive to exist. The empirical analysis also shows that the demand for redistribution is strongly associated not only
with variables describing self-interested motives for redistribution, but also with perceptions of and social norms with respect
to inequality. Further, the demand for redistribution is a strong predictor for whether an individual is supportive of redistribution
by the state. On the other hand, however, I find almost no evidence for an empirical association between the demand for redistribution
and individuals’ party identification. |
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