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Perceptions of inequality and attitudes towards redistribution in four East Asian welfare states
Author(s) -
Kim Hansung,
Huh Sooyeon,
Choi Sangmi,
Lee Yushin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/ijsw.12266
Subject(s) - redistribution (election) , inequality , mainland china , socioeconomic status , demographic economics , perception , economic inequality , china , welfare , mainland , development economics , east asia , socioeconomics , economics , political science , geography , psychology , demography , sociology , politics , population , market economy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , neuroscience , law
This study examined the effects of perceived economic inequality and inequality of opportunity on individual preferences for redistributive policies among people in mainland China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Using data from the 2009 International Social Survey Program, a series of regression analyses were performed. Results of the analyses indicate that perceived economic inequality is the most significant predictive factor of attitudes towards redistribution in all four states. Perceived inequality of opportunity was positively associated with favourable attitudes towards redistribution in mainland China and South Korea. Perceived socioeconomic status was not found to have a significant effect on attitudes towards redistribution in South Korea.