What do Germans think and know about income inequality? A survey experiment

authored by

Carina Engelhardt, Andreas Wagener

Abstract

Germans are unable to assess their own position in the income distribution of their country and do not know much about income inequality and stratification. They are well aware of their ignorance. Germans would prefer society to be more egalitarian than they perceive it. Providing accurate information about the income distribution does not change this preference for more redistribution-except among those who learn that they are net contributors in the German tax-transfer system.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Economic Policy

Type

Article

Journal

Socio-economic review

Volume

16

Pages

743-767

No. of pages

25

ISSN

1475-1461

Publication date

10.2018

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science, Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Electronic version(s)

http://www.ecineq.org/milano/WP/ECINEQ2016-389.pdf (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwx036 (Access: Closed)