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The Effects of Race, Income, Mobility and Political Beliefs on Support For Redistribution

In: Inequality and Poverty

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  • Steven R. Beckman
  • Buhong Zheng

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A questionnaire is used to assess the impact of race, current past and future family income, as well as political beliefs on the support for redistribution. Current income maximization predicts those with above average income oppose redistribution. However blacks support redistribution until income is well above average and whites oppose redistribution even if income is well below average. Those with incomes below average expect to move up and this prospect of upward mobility reduces support for redistribution. The rich are more likely to espouse arguments that protect their wealth. Most intriguingly, as blacks become richer, support for redistribution falls especially rapidly.

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  • Steven R. Beckman & Buhong Zheng, 2007. "The Effects of Race, Income, Mobility and Political Beliefs on Support For Redistribution," Research on Economic Inequality, in: Inequality and Poverty, pages 363-385, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:reinzz:s1049-2585(06)14017-x
    DOI: 10.1016/S1049-2585(06)14017-X
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    Cited by:

    1. Mauricio Bugarin & Yasushi Hazama, 2024. "Preferences for social insurance: the role of job security and risk propensity," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 25(2), pages 233-255, June.
    2. Jamila Michener, 2016. "Race, Poverty, and the Redistribution of Voting Rights," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(2), pages 106-128, June.

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