TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kuhn, Andreas
        TI  - Inequality Perceptions, Distributional Norms, and Redistributive Preferences in East and West Germany
        PY  - 2011/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5573
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5573
        AB  - This paper studies differences in inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences between East and West Germany. As expected, there are substantial differences with respect to all three of these measures. Surprisingly, however, differences in distributional norms are much smaller than differences with respect to inequality perceptions or redistributive preferences. Nonetheless, individuals from East Germany tend to be more supportive of state redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the same inequality perceptions and distributional norms.
        KW  - political preferences
KW  - redistributive preferences
KW  - subjective inequality indices
        ER  -