@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15673,
            	author={Albers, Thilo N. H. and Kersting, Felix and Kosse, Fabian},
            	title={Income Misperception and Populism},
            	year={2022},
	month={Oct},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={15673},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15673},
	abstract={We propose that false beliefs about the own current economic status are an important factor for explaining populist attitudes. Along with the subjects' receptiveness to right-wing populism, we elicit their perceived relative income positions in a representative survey of German households. We find that people with pessimistic beliefs about their income position are more attuned to populist statements. Key to understanding the misperception-populism relationship are strong gender differences in the mechanism: Misperception triggers income dissatisfaction for both men and women, but the former are much more likely to channel their discontent into affection for populist ideas.},
	keywords={perception;income;populism},
            }