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Class versus Identity: Candidates' Race and the Inequality–Redistribution Nexus

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  • Matakos, Konstantinos
  • Xefteris, Dimitrios

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Despite what the theory predicts, supply of redistributive policies does not always respond to rising inequality. We argue that redistribution reacts to changes in inequality, as long as the economy is not overshadowed by non-economic issues during the elections. To this end we construct a unique data set — where we estimate the race of candidates competing in all elections for U.S. state legislatures since 1980 — and show that the share of racially differentiated electoral contests has a disentangling effect on the inequality–redistribution link: when there are few (many) racially differentiated electoral contests, redistribution is (not) found to be sensitive to changes in inequality.

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  • Matakos, Konstantinos & Xefteris, Dimitrios, 2020. "Class versus Identity: Candidates' Race and the Inequality–Redistribution Nexus," Quarterly Journal of Political Science, now publishers, vol. 15(3), pages 401-447, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jlqjps:100.00018138
    DOI: 10.1561/100.00018138
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    1. Hargreaves Heap, Shaun P. & Manifold, Emma & Matakos, Konstantinos & Xefteris, Dimitrios, 2022. "How does group identification affect redistribution in representative democracies? An Experiment," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 215(C).
    2. Dewan, Torun & Wolton, Stephane, 2019. "A Political Economy of Social Discrimination," MPRA Paper 94394, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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