Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/258913 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CEBI Working Paper Series No. 13/19
Publisher: 
University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
I conduct a pre-registered online survey experiment with a representative sample of the US population to study the relationship between people's beliefs about the size of the gender wage gap and their demand for policies aimed at mitigating it. While the correlation between beliefs and policy demand is strong, the corresponding causal effect accounts for a minor share of the differences in policy demand across the political spectrum and by gender. Instead, correlational evidence suggests a larger role for deeply-rooted world views and preferences. I document that selective information acquisition may sustain individual beliefs in line with these preferences.
Subjects: 
gender wag gap
beliefs
policy preferences
fairness
information experiment
incentivized beliefs
obfuscated follow-up
JEL: 
C91
D63
D72
D83
J38
J78
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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