The effects of the intensity, timing and persistence of personal history of mobility on support for redistribution in transition countries

Andrew Dabalen, Rasyad Parinduri and Saumik Paul

The Economics of Transition, 2015, vol. 23, issue 3, 565-595

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This paper examines the effect of the intensity, timing and persistence of personal history of mobility on individual support for redistribution. Using both rounds of the Life in Transition Survey, we build measures of downward mobility for about 57,000 individuals from 27 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We find that more intensive, recent and persistent downward mobility increases support for redistribution. Accounting for systematic bias in perceived mobility experience and omitted variable bias and considering alternative definitions of redistributive preferences do not alter the basic results.

Date: 2015
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