Using Microdata to Calculate Regional-Level Variables: The Case of Inequality, Income, and Redistributive Preferences

• In Event: Welfare State Politics: Connecting Supply- and Demand-Based Approaches

Brief Overview

Using different subnational Gini data, we analyze the effect of respondent household income and inequality on redistributive preferences. The Ginis are very weakly correlated; the significance of the variables we test depends on selection of dataset.

Authors

• Alexander Kerchner, Princeton University

• Will Horne, Princeton University