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GINI DP 73: Income Inequality and Support for Development Aid

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The aim of this paper is to explain people’s support for development aid. While both attributes like philanthropy and solidaristic value orientations have been broadly analyzed by scholarship, this paper uses these conceptual bases in answering what shapes people’s attitudes towards development aid (Bekkers 2007; Arts & Gelissen 2001). Ignoring whether people are actually willing to give for development aid projects, or whether it is rather the state that supports developing countries by means of Official Development Assistance (ODA), I focus solely on people’s conviction that the richer countries should redistribute to the poorer countries. Hence, this research implies a focus on individual as well as contextual predictors that shape people’s opinion concerning giving to less developed countries. In particular, the analysis tests whether domestic income inequality spurs the importance that people attach to development aid. It has been found that domestic levels of income inequality are perceived by citizens and lead to various reactions within societies. This article aims to contribute to the literature that deals with the societal impacts of inequality.

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  • Christina Haas, 2013. "GINI DP 73: Income Inequality and Support for Development Aid," GINI Discussion Papers 73, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies.
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