When the Local Turns Political: The Effect of Residential Income Inequality on Citizens’ Preference for Redistribution

• In Event: The Consequences of Inequality: Policy Outcomes and the Role of Place

Brief Overview

We explore the effect of exposure to local income inequality on preferences for redistribution by combing panel data with novel data tapping the income inequality within radii between 100 and 2,500 meters of an individual’s place of residence.

Authors

• Matias Engdal Christensen, Aarhus University

• Kim Mannemar Soenderskov, Aarhus University

• Peter Thisted Dinesen, University of Copenhagen