Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Martin Brun
Author-Name-First: Martin
Author-Name-Last: Brun
Author-Email: martin.brun@tuni.fi
Author-Workplace-Name: Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research (FIT), Tampere University (TUNI), and Economics of Inequality and Poverty Analysis (EQUALITAS)
Author-Name: Xavier Ramos
Author-Name-First: Xavier	
Author-Name-Last: Ramos
Author-Email: xavi.ramos@uab.cat
Author-Workplace-Name: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Economics of Inequality and Poverty Analysis (EQUALITAS), and IZA -Institute of Labor EconomicsAuthor-Name: 
Title: Attitudes to income inequality and redistribution
Abstract: We survey the literature on attitudes towards inequality and redistributive preferences. We focus on the effects of misperceptions, social preferences, and social identity. Recent contributions addressing these relationships have produced novel findings that are hardly covered in previous surveys. Before reviewing the empirical literature, we discuss how the theoretical literature has embedded in canonical models of social preferences the three issues we focus on in this review.
Length: 38
Creation-Date: 2025-08
Publication-Status: Published in FIT Working Paper Series, Finnish Center of Excellence in Tax Systems Research
File-URL: https://verotutkimus.fi/verotutkimus/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FIT-WP-33-Attitudes-to-income-inequality-and-redistribution-1.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2025
Number: 33
Classification-JEL:D31, D63, D90, D91
Keywords: attitudes to inequality, preferences for redistribution, misperceptions, fairness concerns, inequality aversion, social identity
Handle: RePEc:fit:wpaper:33