Exposure to inequality affects support for redistribution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 663-668

  Sands, Melissa L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Inequality; Political science; Redistribution; Taxation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAX; ANCESTRY GROUP; GENDER IDENTITY; INCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85010711895     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1615010113     Document Type: Article

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