Identity and inequality misperceptions, demographic determinants and efficacy of corrective measures
K. Peren Arin,
Deni Mazrekaj,
Marcel Thum
et al.
Abstract:By conducting two waves of large-scale surveys in the United Kingdom and Germany, we investigate the determinants of identity and inequality misperceptions. We first show that people substantially overestimate the share of immigrants, Muslims, people under the poverty line, and the income share of the richest. Moreover, women, lower-income, and lower-educated respondents generally have higher misperceptions. Only income share misperceptions are associated more with people who place themselves on the left of th… Show more
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