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Perceptions of Inequality and Fiscal Policy Preferences

10 July 2024

The aim of this study is to improve our understanding of citizens’ perception of inequalities in two specific ways: i) by documenting whether citizens hold accurate beliefs about wealth and income inequality (including their own relative position) and how they perceive the role of merit and luck play in determining such inequality, and ii) by causally identifying the impact of these variables on citizens’ inequality acceptance and preferences for redistribution. Combining survey data with high quality administrative data we are able to exploit both experimental and quasi-experimental variations–providing causal evidence with high relevance for public policy.

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