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Preferences for redistribution after the economic crisis

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Title Preferences for redistribution after the economic crisis
 
Creator Olivera, Javier; University of Luxembourg
 
Description This paper analyses the effects of the recent Economic Crisis on individual preferences for redistribution in 23 European countries. After implementing a decomposition of the variation in these preferences, it is showed that the crisis was highly significant in increasing support for redistribution. It is found that more unemployment and, in particular, youth unemployment has considerably raised the citizens’ demand for redistribution.
 
Publisher Oviedo University Press
 
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Date 2014-10-04
 
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Identifier http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/view/10302
10.17811/ebl.3.3.2014.137-145
 
Source Economics and Business Letters; Vol 3, No 3 (2014): September - Special Issue Inequality and the Great Recession; 137-145
Economics and Business Letters; Vol 3, No 3 (2014): September - Special Issue Inequality and the Great Recession; 137-145
2254-4380
10.17811/ebl.3.3.2014
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/view/10302/10027
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