Expecting equality or efficiency? A factorial survey on the justice perception of regional redistributive policies

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ID10408864
AuthorsJan Gniza (0000-0002-8697-0280, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Sociology and Empirical Research Methods, Nuremberg, Germany., corresponding author), Meg Abraham (0000-0001-8081-946X, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Sociology and Empirical Research Methods, Nuremberg, Germany.), Isabella Lehmann (0000-0001-8623-450X, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Economics and Social Policy, Nuremberg, Germany.), Kerstin Lorek (0000-0002-2384-325X, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Sociology and Empirical Research Methods, Nuremberg, Germany.)
Year2022
Volume56
Issue11
Pages1934-1948
Publication date2022-02-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00343404.2021.2018129
OpenAlexW4210855765
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited54

This paper analyses when the German public perceives the impacts of redistributive place-based policies as more just. Using a factorial survey, we experimentally vary recipient regions and the corresponding funding impacts for the overall state. The results show that strong absolute improvements in economy and living conditions in the whole state lead to significantly higher justice ratings of the hypothetical policy measure. Furthermore, the reduction of state-wide inequality leads to a significant increase in justice ratings, but only when living conditions are affected. Our results indicate that respondents want regional policy measures that provide equal access to public infrastructure for all regions and only target the economy if it promises lasting growth

Demographic economics · Economic Justice · Economics · Geography · German · Inequality · Microeconomics · Perception · Political science · Public economics · State (computer science · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Psychology · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis

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