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Why do Redistributive Policies Differ across Countries? Analyzing the Multiple Dimensions of Preferences for Redistribution
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Abstract Why are some countries characterized by more income redistribution than others? Based mainly on Trans-Atlantic comparisons, the literature has referred to dissimilarities in preferences for redistribution. In this article, we extend this literature by focusing on multiple dimensions of redistributiv... view more
Why are some countries characterized by more income redistribution than others? Based mainly on Trans-Atlantic comparisons, the literature has referred to dissimilarities in preferences for redistribution. In this article, we extend this literature by focusing on multiple dimensions of redistributive preferences and adding Japan to the comparison. More precisely, using data for France, the US, and Japan from ISSP 2009, we apply cross-sectional regression models and the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique to address two distinct questions about preferences for redistribution - the role of government in reducing income gaps and tax progressivity. We find that each of these dimensions are related to different mechanisms: i.e. one depends more on individuals' specific situations, such as income/wealth and social beliefs, as stressed in the literature, whereas the other depends more on an unobservable but common factor within a country, such as the historical and cultural background of each society.... view less
Keywords
inequality; social inequality; redistribution; tax progression; political economy; redistribution of income; France; United States of America; Japan; ISSP; regression analysis
Classification
Public Finance
Free Keywords
Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition; International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality IV - ISSP 2009 (ZA5400 v4.0.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1032-1057
Journal
Review of Income and Wealth, 68 (2022) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12541
ISSN
1475-4991
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0