How Legislators Perceive Inequality

• In Event: Perceptions and Behavior of Legislators

Brief Overview

Legislator’s identification with and socialization into a particular ideology leads them to perceive economic inequality as rising and unfair (left) or stable and fair (right). A survey of 800+ representatives from six democracies test this.

Authors

• Peter John Loewen, University of Toronto

• Christian Breunig, University of Konstanz