🚨 Do different types of inequality shape preferences for redistribution? Can understanding that inequality is avoidable (i.e., no trade-off between equity & efficiency) boost support for redistribution?
I. Günther and I (@unumerit.bsky.social) explore this in our JEBO paper
A 🧵: https://bit.ly/49tmpOz
I. Günther and I (@unumerit.bsky.social) explore this in our JEBO paper
A 🧵: https://bit.ly/49tmpOz
Comments
• Info on high wealth inequality → stronger support for progressive taxation.
• Info on low social mobility → greater preference for redistribution via fiscal spending.
• Middle-income earners
• Those with higher trust in the government
• Participants who underestimated inequality levels
• Women
Importantly, these effects weren’t driven by political orientation.
• Information on inequality avoidability significantly updates participants' knowledge.
• Information on inequality or social mobility may serve as a primer, as most participants are already aware of high inequality and low social mobility in the US.