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Why Are Relatively Poor People Not More Supportive of Redistribution? Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment across Ten Countries

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  1. Margot Belguise & Yuchen Huang & Zhexun Mo, 2023. "The Non-Meritocrats or Conformist Meritocrats? A Redistribution Experiment in China and France," World Inequality Lab Working Papers halshs-04423661, HAL.
  2. Maarten van Rooij & Olivier Coibion & Dimitris Georgarakos & Bernardo Candia & Yuriy Gorodnichenko, 2024. "Keeping Up with the Jansens: Causal Peer Effects on Household Spending, Beliefs and Happiness," NBER Working Papers 32107, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Schieferdecker, David & Reinhardt, Susanne & Mijs, Jonathan & Silva, Graziella Moraes & Teeger, Chana & Carvalhaes, Flavio & Seekings, Jeremy, 2024. "Everyday conversations about economic inequality: a research agenda," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 125293, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  4. Belguise, Margot & Chen, Nora Yuqian & Huang, Yuchen & Mo, Zhexun, 2025. "Reform windfall as redistribution: A survey experiment on redistributive preferences in contemporary China," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
  5. Jeffrey Cross & Stephen Wu & Wei Zhan, 2023. "Priming past experiences and preferences for redistribution," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 43(1), pages 53-73.
  6. Hoy, Christopher Alexander & Kim, Yeon Soo & Nguyen, Minh Cong & Sosa, Mariano Ernesto & Tiwari, Sailesh, 2023. "Building Public Support for Reducing Fossil Fuel Subsidies : Evidence across 12 Middle-Income Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10615, The World Bank.
  7. Lasse J. Jessen & Sebastian Koehne & Patrick Nüß & Jens Ruhose, 2024. "Socioeconomic Inequality in Life Expectancy: Perception and Policy Demand," CESifo Working Paper Series 10940, CESifo.
  8. Günther, Isabel & Martorano, Bruno, 2025. "Inequality, social mobility and redistributive preferences," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 229(C).
  9. Domènech-Arumí, Gerard, 2025. "Neighborhoods, perceived Inequality, and preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from Barcelona," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 242(C).
  10. Bargain, Olivier & Jara, H. Xavier & Rivera, David, 2026. "Social gaps, perceived inequality and protests," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).
  11. Hoy, Christopher, 2025. "How does progressivity impact tax morale? Experimental evidence across developing countries," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
  12. Martin Brun & Xavier Ramos, 2025. "Attitudes to income inequality and redistribution," Working Papers 33, Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research.
  13. Ardanaz, Martín & Hübscher, Evelyne & Keefer, Philip & Sattler, Thomas, 2022. "Policy Misperceptions, Information, and the Demand for Redistributive Tax Reform: Experimental Evidence from Latin American Countries," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 12607, Inter-American Development Bank.
  14. Juliana Londoño-Vélez, 2022. "The Impact of Diversity on Perceptions of Income Distribution and Preferences for Redistribution," NBER Working Papers 30386, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  15. Roberto Brunetti & Gianluca Grimalda & Maria Marino, 2025. "Trickle-Down Economics, Merit, and Redistribution: An Experiment with the Poorest and Richest US Americans," IREA Working Papers 202518, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics.
  16. Christopher Hoy & Yeon Soo Kim & Saad Imtiaz & Ana Maria Rojas Mendez & Moritz Meyer & Gustavo Javier Canavire Bacarreza & Lydia Kim & William Hutchins Seitz & Imane Helmy & Ikuko Uochi & Sering Toura, 2025. "Public Preferences for Economic Reforms Are Shaped More by Design Than Cost," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2025n14, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
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  18. Riccardo Bruni & Alessandro Gioffré & Maria Marino, 2025. "In‐group bias in preferences for redistribution: a survey experiment in Italy," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 92(367), pages 1009-1080, July.
  19. Hoy, Christopher & Kim, Yeon Soo & Nguyen, Minh Cong & Sosa, Mariano & Tiwari, Sailesh, 2026. "Attitudes towards reducing fossil fuel subsidies: Evidence across 12 middle-income countries," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
  20. Christl, Michael & De Poli, Silvia & Köppl-Turyna, Monika, 2025. "Does redistribution hurt growth? An empirical assessment of the redistribution–growth relationship in the European Union," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
  21. Balietti, Anca & Budjan, Angelika & Eymess, Tillmann & Soldà, Alice, 2023. "Strategic Ignorance and Perceived Control," Working Papers 0735, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
  22. Yeandle, Alex & Green, Jane & Le Corre, Tiphaine, 2024. "Economic hardship and support for redistribution: synthesising five themes in the literature," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 125294, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  23. Hoy, Christopher & Toth, Russell & Merdikawati, Nurina, 2024. "How does information about inequality shape voting intentions and preferences for redistribution? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in Indonesia," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
  24. Belguise, Margot & Huang, Yuchen & Mo, Zhexun, 2023. "Non-Meritocrats or Choice-Reluctant Meritocrats? A Redistribution Experiment in China and France," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1476, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
  25. Elisa Stumpf & Silke Uebelmesser, 2025. "Preferences for Wealth Redistribution: The Role of Social Background and Merit," Jena Economics Research Papers 2025-008, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
  26. Xiaogeng Xu & Satu Metsälampi & Michael Kirchler & Kaisa Kotakorpi & Peter Hans Matthews & Topi Miettinen, 2023. "Which income comparisons matter to people, and how? Evidence from a large field experiment," Working Papers 10, Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research.
  27. Wright, Reilly & Aldama, Abraham, 2023. "Not all luck is created equal: Sources of income inequality and willingness to redistribute," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
  28. Catherine Eckel & Daniel Goldstein & Philip Grossman & Christopher Hoy & Lionel Page, 2025. "Political polarization, wage inequality and preferences for redistribution," IFS Working Papers W25/36, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
  29. Ines A. Ferreira & Rachel M. Gisselquist & Finn Tarp, 2025. "Absolute versus relative inequality and social preferences: A comparative study between Mozambique and Viet Nam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2025-24, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  30. Xiaogeng Xu & Satu Metsälampi & Michael Kirchler & Kaisa Kotakorpi & Peter Hans Matthews & Topi Miettinen, 2023. "Which income comparisons matter to people, and how? Evidence from a large field experiment," Working Papers 2023-05, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck.
  31. Elisabeth Sattler-Bublitz & Hequn Wang & Julian Jäger & Henning Lohmann & Miriam Beblo, 2024. "Misperceptions, Income Positions, and Attitudes Toward EU Inequality: A Cross-Country Survey Experiment," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 171(1), pages 25-45, January.
  32. Elisa Stumpf & Silke Uebelmesser, 2024. "Lifting the Veil of Ignorance – Survey Experiments on Preferences for Wealth Redistribution," CESifo Working Paper Series 11126, CESifo.
  33. Belguise, Margot & Chen, Nora Yuqian & huang, yuchen & Mo, Zhexun, 2024. "Reform Windfall as Redistribution: A Survey Experiment on Redistributive Preferences in Contemporary China," SocArXiv cwv5h, Center for Open Science.
  34. Fessler, Pirmin & Rapp, Severin, 2024. "The Subjective Wealth Distribution: How it Arises and Why it Matters to Inform Policy?," SocArXiv 3x4jh, Center for Open Science.
  35. Hoy,Christopher Alexander, 2022. "How Does the Progressivity of Taxes and Government Transfers Impact People’s Willingnessto Pay Tax ? Experimental Evidence across Developing Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10167, The World Bank.
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  37. Margot Belguise & Yuchen Huang & Zhexun Mo, 2024. "Non-meritocrats or choice-reluctant meritocrats? A redistribution experiment in China and France," Discussion Papers 2024-05, Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP).
  38. Kishishita, Daiki & Matsumoto, Tomoko, 2024. "Self-benefits, fiscal risk, and political support for the public healthcare system," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
  39. Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez & Samuel D. Restrepo-Oyola, 2025. "A randomized intervention to gauge preferred tax rates and progressivity," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 32(3), pages 782-804, June.
  40. Benoit Decerf & Christopher Hoy & Olivier Sterck, 2026. "For shorter or poorer: attitudes toward the trade-off between poverty and mortality," IFS Working Papers W26/22, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
  41. Balietti, Anca & Marino-Fages, Diego, 2025. "Zero-Sum Views Reduce Support for Redistribution Across Borders," Working Papers 0767, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
  42. G. Andersen, Asbjørn & Franklin, Simon & Getahun, Tigabu & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent & Villanger, Espen, 2023. "Does wealth reduce support for redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
  43. repec:osf:socarx:vcuzp_v1 is not listed on IDEAS
  44. Santoro, Fabrizio & Mascagni, Giulia, 2023. "Visual nudges: How deterrence and equity shape tax attitudes and behaviour in Rwanda," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
  45. Pirmin Fessler & Severin Rapp, 2023. "The subjective wealth distribution: How it arises and why it matters to inform policy? (Pirmin Fessler, Severin Rapp)," Working Papers 249, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank).
  46. Londoño-Vélez, Juliana, 2022. "The impact of diversity on perceptions of income distribution and preferences for redistribution," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
  47. Hoy, Christopher & Mager, Franziska, 2021. "American exceptionalism? Differences in the elasticity of preferences for redistribution between the United States and Western Europe," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 192(C), pages 518-540.
  48. Balietti, Anca & Budjan, Angelika & Eymess, Tillmann, 2023. "Perceived Relative Income and Preferences for Public Good Provision," Working Papers 0729, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
  49. Elisa Stumpf & Jana Schuetz & Silke Uebelmesser & Ronja Baginski & Carmela Aprea, 2024. "Beliefs about demographic change: How well are individuals informed?," Jena Economics Research Papers 2024-003, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
  50. Gassmann, Franziska & Timár, Eszter, 2024. "Perceived position on the social ladder and redistributive preferences – A survey experiment from the Kyrgyz Republic," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
  51. Friederike Mengel & Elke Weidenholzer, 2023. "Preferences for redistribution," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(5), pages 1660-1677, December.
  52. Aidan R. Vining & Anthony E. Boardman, 2026. "Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(1), pages 17-41, March.
  53. Alberto Diaz-Cayeros & Ines A. Ferreira & Rachel M. Gisselquist & Finn Tarp, 2025. "Perceptions of inequality: Regional differences in Viet Nam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2025-62, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  54. Nina Weber, 2023. "Experience of Social Mobility and Support for Redistribution: Accepting or Blaming the System?," ifo Working Paper Series 397, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
  55. Belguise, Margot & Chen, Nora Yuqian & Huang, Yuchen & Zhexun Mo, Zhenxun, 2024. "Reform Windfall as Redistribution : A Survey Experiment on Redistributive Preferences in Contemporary China," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1532, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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