Political ideology and the intragenerational prospect of upward mobility

Maite D. Laméris, Harry Garretsen and Richard Jong-A-Pin ()

European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, vol. 62, issue C

Abstract: We re-examine the effect of prospects of upward mobility (POUM) on the support for redistribution. Unlike previous studies, we analyse this relation in an intragenerational context and consider the moderating effect of political ideology through which mobility expectations affect redistributive preferences. We find that the POUM effect is conditional on political preferences. That is, we find that only for right-wing individuals expected upward income mobility negatively affects support for redistribution. Left-wing individuals prefer redistribution, regardless of expected upward income movements.

Keywords: The POUM effect; Political ideology; Income mobility; Redistribution; Preferences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 D72 J69 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101854

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