Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/235348 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8978
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Gender norms, i.e. the role of men and women in the society, are a fundamental channel through which culture may influence preferences for redistribution and public policies. We consider both cross-country and individual level evidence on this mechanism. We find that in countries that are historically more gender-equal the tax system today is more redistributive. At the individual level, we find that in more gender equal countries gender differences in redistributive preferences are significantly larger. This effect is driven by women becoming systematically more favorable to redistribution, while there are no significant changes for men. Interestingly, there is no gender-based difference in preferences for redistribution among left-leaning citizens, while this difference is significant among moderates in the expected direction: ideologically moderate women are more favorable to redistribution than moderate men, and this effect is even stronger among right-leaning individuals.
Subjects: 
gender inequality
comparative public finance
tax mix
institutions
historical origins
JEL: 
H10
H20
N30
Z18
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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