Preferences for redistribution around the world

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Gender, income, education and self-employment are robust predictors for individual support for redistribution in the OECD. In addition, considerations of social status, the fairness of the allocation mechanism, perceived moral worth of the poor and individual autonomy are important. The results for the OECD are compared to those for a large sample of non-OECD countries which also include less developed economies. Neither gender, nor self-employment, nor fairness considerations exhibit a robust association with preferences for redistribution. However, education, income, individual autonomy and moral worth of the poor remain important determinants. On average, preferences for redistribution indicate that within the OECD, there is no desire to change redistributive policies. In contrast, in the sample of non-OECD countries, on average there is a desire to redistribute less.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2012/2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: preferences for redistribution ; social rivalry effect ; social identity ; survey data ; World Values Survey ; Einkommensumverteilung ; Verteilungspolitik ; Präferenztheorie ; Soziale Beziehungen ; Soziale Werte ; OECD-Staaten ; Entwicklungsländer

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Neher, Frank
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/55522
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET