Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272304 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
ifo Working Paper No. 397
Publisher: 
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich
Abstract: 
Using cross-country survey data and a survey experiment, I examine the effects of experienced social mobility on support for redistribution. In line with the self-serving bias, those with negative mobility experiences 'blame the system' and extrapolate from their experience onto society, which increases their demand for redistribution. Conversely, those who experienced positive mobility accept the system and do not extrapolate from their experience onto society, leading to no less support for redistribution. This suggests a potential demand-side explanation for the Great Gatsby Curve: As overall absolute mobility decreases (increases), ceteris paribus, demand for redistribution also decreases (increases).
Subjects: 
Social mobility
redistribution
attribution bias
self-serving bias
JEL: 
D31
D91
D63
H24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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