Misperceiving inequality

A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics and public policy. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in dictatorships. Most s...

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Published in:Economics and politics 2018-03, Vol.30 (1), p.27-54
Main Authors: Gimpelson, Vladimir, Treisman, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biased perceptions
Class struggle
Conflict
Data analysis
Democratization
Dictatorship
Economic inequality
Ignorance
Income distribution
Income inequality
Income redistribution
Inequality
Low income groups
Measurement
Operational definitions
Politics
Polls & surveys
preferences for redistribution
Public policy
Social classes
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