Perceptions of Economic Inequality and Support for Redistribution: The role of Existential and Utopian Standards

García-Sánchez, Efraín; Willis, Guillermo B.; Rodríguez‐Bailón, Rosa; Sañudo, Jorge Enrique Palacio; Polo, Jean David; Pérez, Érico Rentería

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“…We found that PEIEL has an effect on the intolerance of inequality shown by participants. In times of increasing economic inequality (Alvaredo et al, 2017;World Economic Forum, 2017), and an apparent passive attitude regarding this issue (García-Sánchez et al, 2018b, García-Sánchez et al, 2019, we show that focusing people's attention on the consequences of economic inequality in their daily lives leads people to tolerate less inequality.…”

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“…Previous research has shown that living in highly unequal contexts does not have a straightforward impact on such attitudes, and it has instead highlighted the importance of considering perception and experience (Brown-Iannuzzi, Lundberg, Kay, & Payne, 2015;Choi, 2019;García-Sánchez et al, 2018b;Gimpelson & Treisman, 2018;Wright, 2018).…”

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“…The literature posits that the subjectively perceived economic inequality produces greater psychosocial impact on attitudes toward inequality than objective economic inequality (Bobzien, 2019;Choi, 2019;Evans & Kelley, 2018;Loveless, 2013). However, the findings regarding the relationship between perceiving economic inequality, tolerance to inequality, and support for redistributive policies are inconclusive (García-Sánchez et al, 2018b;Wright, 2018). Researchers have pointed out that these inconclusive results might be due to different factors.…”

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“…Researchers have pointed out that these inconclusive results might be due to different factors. The actual economic inequality could act as a cognitive anchor used to estimate the ideal world (García-Sánchez et al, 2018b;Trump, 2018). Thus, although people tend to reject inequality, in countries with greater inequality, they also tend to tolerate it more (Boudreau & Mackenzie, 2018;Castillo, Miranda, & Carrasco, 2012).…”

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Perceiving economic inequality in everyday life decreases tolerance to inequality

García-Castro

Rodríguez‐Bailón

Willis

2020

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Economic inequality is one of the main issues of modern societies, and one of the ways to reduce it is through decreasing inequality tolerance and increasing support for economic redistribution. However, there are no consistent results in previous research about the relationship between perceived economic inequality, tolerance to inequality, and support for redistributive policies. In this paper, we argue that rather than measuring the effects of abstract perceived inequality (e.g., measured at the country level), it is important to consider Perceived Economic Inequality in Everyday Life (PEIEL) and close relationships. In one correlational study (N = 207) we found that a PEIEL scale predicts intolerance toward inequality controlling for the common measures of perceived inequality. Moreover, we developed a novel manipulation which was validated in a pilot study (N = 293), and in four experimental studies (N = 261; N = 373; N = 289, N = 289), we found that PEIEL decreases tolerance to inequality. Furthermore, we found a preliminary indirect effect of PEIEL on attitudes toward redistribution through intolerance to inequality. A mini meta-analysis using political ideology, social class, sex, and age as covariates, corroborated these results. All studies were preregistered. In short, these results highlight the importance of perceived inequality in everyday life as an additional tool when considering the psychosocial effects of economic inequality.

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Perceiving economic inequality in everyday life decreases tolerance to inequality

García-Castro

Rodríguez‐Bailón

Willis

2020

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…1 Mounting evidence suggests that people's perceptions of inequality are often better predictors of individual, group, and societal outcomes than objective measures of inequality (Hauser & Norton, 2017;Niehues, 2014;Norton, 2014). Thus, the study of perceived inequality has become front and center of research that seeks to understand why people seem to accept high levels of inequality in the world (García-Sánchez et al, 2018, 2019Kim, Pederson, & Mutz, 2016;Sánchez-Rodríguez et al, 2019;Trump, 2020).…”

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Inequality in Researchers’ Minds: Four Guiding Questions for Studying Subjective Perceptions of Economic Inequality

Jachimowicz¹,

Davidai²,

Goya‐Tocchetto³

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The extent of inequality that people perceive in the world is often a stronger predictor of individual and societal outcomes than the level of inequality that actually exists. It is therefore imperative for researchers to theoretically conceptualize and empirically operationalize perceived inequality in a coherent and consistent manner. However, the lack of consensus on what constitutes perceived inequality can lead researchers to use the same words to study different phenomena. What seem like minor methodological decisions made in the study of inequality can substantially influence the outcomes and conclusions that researchers dra from their work. In this review, we draw on a wide range of interdisciplinary work, including from social and cognitive psychology, economics, political science, and sociology, to unpack the assumptions researchers often make. We develop the four questions framework which illustrates the important theoretical and empirical decisions researchers are recommended to address when studying perceived inequality: (1) What kind of inequality? (2) What level of analysis? (3) What part of the distribution? and (4) What comparison group? We posit that this framework provides the conceptual clarity necessary for understanding when, how, and why perceptions of inequality affect individuals and societies.

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A fair share: Effects of disparity, allocation strategy and system justification on perceptions of policy support in the education domain

Igliozzi,

Granot,

Ottati

2024

Euro J Social Psych

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Utilizing experimental methods across a pilot and two studies, we explore and contrast the relationship between system‐justifying attitudes and fairness perceptions of and support for redistributive policies based on theoretical accounts of distributive justice, highlighting three allocation strategies: equality, equity and need. We began our investigation with a test across multiple policy domains (e.g., health care, education, employment) to examine broad associations between system justification and policy support. Then, we chose one specific domain – education – to narrow our focus on and designed two experimental studies to test more complex models of the interaction between system justification and the type of distributive justice on support and fairness perceptions. Results indicate that as system‐justifying attitudes increase, so does the level of support and perception of fairness of policies based on equality or equity. Conversely, there is no relationship between system justification and support or fairness when considering a need‐based policy in the education domain.

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Perceptions of Economic Inequality and Support for Redistribution: The role of Existential and Utopian Standards

Cited by 21 publications

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Perceiving economic inequality in everyday life decreases tolerance to inequality

Perceiving economic inequality in everyday life decreases tolerance to inequality

Inequality in Researchers’ Minds: Four Guiding Questions for Studying Subjective Perceptions of Economic Inequality

A fair share: Effects of disparity, allocation strategy and system justification on perceptions of policy support in the education domain

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