Social identity and redistributive preferences : a survey

Joan Costa-i-Font; Frank Cowell

Social identity has become accepted as a key concept underpinning the endogeneity of economic behaviour and preferences. It is important in explaining attitudes towards redistribution and pro-social behaviour. We examine how economic theory measures social identity and its effects on preferences towards redistribution, social solidarity and redistributive institutions. Empirical evidence indicates that social identity carries weight in explaining the presence of social preferences and attitudes towards redistributive institutions.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Costa-Font, Joan ; Cowell, Frank A.
Publisher:	München : CESifo
Subject:	social identity \| preferences for redistribution \| inequality \| diversity \| redistributive institutions \| Umverteilung \| Redistribution \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Social inequality \| Präferenztheorie \| Theory of preferences \| Soziale Gruppe \| Social group \| Experiment \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Meinung \| Opinion \| Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion \| Social welfare function \| Soziale Beziehungen \| Social relations

Extent:	Online-Ressource (32 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. 4440
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/89652 [Handle]
Classification:	H10 - Structure and Scope of Government. General ; I30 - Welfare and Poverty. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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