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The redistributive preferences of the well-off
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Résumé |
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We argue that the structure of inequality (not only its level) has an impact on redistributive preferences. We test this argument on the well-off, as they stand in a pivotal position between households that have a reduced capacity to contribute to taxation due to limitied labour income, and households with greater facility to achieve fiscal optimization thanks to capital income. Inequality is measured at different locations of the income distribution, nearby the income position of the well-off. Attitudes are measured through ISSP international survey, fielded from 1985 to 2006 across 19 countries. Consistent with Albert Hirschman's 'tunnel effect', our results show that support for redistribution amongst the well-off is conditioned by their prospect of mobility in both directions, proxied by the change in inequality next to them. Support amongst the well-off increases when their expected cost of downgrading rises, while it decreases when top incomes move further away in the income distribution.
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Auteur(s)
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Elvire Guillaud
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, Michaël Zemmour
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CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UMR8174 ( 7550 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8174 ( 441569 )
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LIEPP -
Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d'évaluation des politiques publiques (Sciences Po)
( 218465 )
- LIEPP - Sciences Po
27, rue Saint-Guillaume
75337 Paris Cedex 07
- France
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CLERSÉ -
Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019
( 1188 )
- Université de Lille - Sciences et technologies -
Bâtiment SH2 -
59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex -
- France
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Université de Lille UMR8019 ( 374570 )
;
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8019 ( 441569 )
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Non
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Date de publication |
2017-11-30
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Page/Identifiant |
28 p.
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Commentaire |
Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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D - Microeconomics/D.D3 - Distribution/D.D3.D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
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D - Microeconomics/D.D6 - Welfare Economics/D.D6.D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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H - Public Economics/H.H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue/H.H2.H23 - Externalities • Redistributive Effects • Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
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Éditeur scientifique |
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Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne (CES - UMR 8174)
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Elvire Guillaud’s research has been held during a research residency funded by the Paris School of Economics. Her research has been supported by a public grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the ’Investissements d’Avenir’ programme within the framework of the OSE centre of excellence (ANR-10-LABX-93-01). Michaël Zemmour’s research has been supported by a public grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the ’Investissements d’Avenir’ programme within the framework of the LIEPP centre of excellence and the EIFISEP project (ANR-11-LABX-0091, ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02).
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Mots-clés |
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Preferences for redistribution, Inequality, Tunnel effect, Well-off
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