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Inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in East and West Germany

This paper studies differences in inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences between East and West Germany. As expected, there are substantial differences with respect to all three of these measures. Surprisingly, however, differences in distributional norms are much smaller than differences with respect to inequality perceptions or redistributive preferences. Nonetheless, individuals from East Germany tend to be more supportive of state redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the same inequality perceptions and distributional norms.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 9

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Thema
subjective inequality indices
redistributive preferences
political preferences
Soziale Ungleichheit
Wahrnehmung
Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
Einkommensumverteilung
Meinung
Neue politische Ökonomie
Alte Bundesländer
Neue Bundesländer
Deutschland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kuhn, Andreas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Zurich, Department of Economics
(wo)
Zurich
(wann)
2011

DOI
doi:10.5167/uzh-51513
Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kuhn, Andreas
  • University of Zurich, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2011

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