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Berens, Sarah and Gelepithis, Margarita (2019). Welfare state structure, inequality, and public attitudes towards progressive taxation. Socio-Econ. Rev., 17 (4). S. 823 - 851. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1475-147X

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Abstract

Recent research indicates that while higher tax levels are politically unpopular, greater tax progressivity is not. However, there remain unanswered questions regarding public support for more progressive taxation. In particular, little is known about how individual attitudes towards tax progressivity are affected by their institutional context. Building on existing theories of redistribution, this article develops the argument that the structure of the welfare state shapes public attitudes towards progressive taxation-support for progressive taxation among both average and high-income households is undermined by 'pro-poor' welfare spending. We support our argument with a cross-sectional analysis of rich democracies, interacting household income with country-level indicators of welfare state structure. In doing so, we contribute a micro-level explanation for the paradoxical macro-level phenomenon that larger, more redistributive welfare states tend to be financed by less progressive tax systems.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Berens, Sarah UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gelepithis, Margarita UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-131591
DOI:	10.1093/ser/mwx063
Journal or Publication Title:	Socio-Econ. Rev.
Volume:	17
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 823 - 851
Date:	2019
Publisher:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1475-147X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INCOME INEQUALITY; SOCIAL-POLICY; POLITICAL-ECONOMY; REDISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCES; DEMAND; SIZE; INSTITUTIONS; DYNAMICS; POVERTY Multiple languages Economics; Political Science; Sociology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13159