Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey

Joan Costa-Font and Frank Cowell ()

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Abstract: Social identity is increasingly accepted as a key concept underpin- ning the endogeneity of economic behaviour and preferences. This feature is especially important in explaining redistribution preferences as well as attitudes towards redistribution and pro-social behaviour. This paper carries out a review of the literature on the question and ex- amines how economic theory conceptualises and empirically measures social identity and its effects on preferences towards redistribution, so- cial solidarity and redistributive institutions. Findings indicate that social identity does carries a weight in explaining the presence of social preferences and attitudes towards redistributive institutions.

Keywords: social identity; preferences for redistribution; inequal- ity; diversity; redistributive institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H1 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2012
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Journal Article: SOCIAL IDENTITY AND REDISTRIBUTIVE PREFERENCES: A SURVEY (2015)
Working Paper: Social Identity and Redistributive Preferences: A Survey (2013)
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