Should income inequality be reduced and who should benefit? : redistributive preferences in Europe and Central Asia (English)

This paper examines support for reducing inequality and for income redistribution to specific groups in Europe and Central Asia. The paper uses the Life in Transition Survey to analyze cross-country differences in redistributive preferences and the determinants of individual-level differences in such preferences. The analysis tests for various possible motivations, such as self-interest, beliefs about the fairness of the income-generating process...

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Cojocaru,Alexandru;

Diagne,Mame Fatou Irene Aminata;
Document Date
2014/11/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
125418
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Europe and Central Asia,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2018/04/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Should income inequality be reduced and who should benefit? : redistributive preferences in Europe and Central Asia
Keywords
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Cojocaru,Alexandru; Diagne,Mame Fatou Irene Aminata.

Should income inequality be reduced and who should benefit? : redistributive preferences in Europe and Central Asia (English). Poverty and Equity Global Practice Working Paper Series|no. 003 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/118021524139174443

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