Uncovering the Source of Our Inequality Beliefs: Evidence from Survey Experiments

• In Event: How Perceptions of Social Class and Inequality Influence Political Behavior

Brief Overview

I argue that people draw on their experiences in everyday life to make inferences about inequality. These experiences can be found wide variety of contexts. I use two survey experiments to dig deeper into the source of our beliefs about inequality.

Author

• Daniella Paola Alva, Lehigh University