I Perceive Therefore I Demand : The Formation of Inequality Perceptions and Demand for Redistribution (English)

This paper investigates the link between inequality and demand for redistribution by looking at how individuals form their perceptions of inequality. Most of the literature analyzing demand for redistribution has focused on objective inequality, rather than subjective perceptions of inequality. However, a model that links demand for redistribution to subjective inequality is needed, given that recent empirical research has shown a growing gap between...

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Bussolo,Maurizio;

Ferrer-i-Carbonell,Ada;

Giolbas,Anna Barbara;

Torre,Ivan;
Document Date
2019/06/28
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8926
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2019/06/28
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Disclosed
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I Perceive Therefore I Demand : The Formation of Inequality Perceptions and Demand for Redistribution
Keywords
incomes at the top of the distribution

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Bussolo,Maurizio; Ferrer-i-Carbonell,Ada; Giolbas,Anna Barbara; Torre,Ivan.

I Perceive Therefore I Demand : The Formation of Inequality Perceptions and Demand for Redistribution (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8929 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/217371561686066298

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