Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey

Costa-Font, J.ORCID logo & Cowell, F.ORCID logo (2015). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(2), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12061
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Social identity has become accepted as a key concept underpinning the endogeneity of economic behaviour and preferences. It is important in explaining attitudes towards redistribution and pro-social behaviour. We examine how economic theory measures social identity and its effects on preferences towards redistribution, social solidarity and redistributive institutions. Empirical evidence indicates that social identity carries weight in explaining the presence of social preferences and attitudes towards redistributive institutions.
Item Type Article
Copyright holders © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Departments LSE > Academic Departments > Economics
LSE > Academic Departments > Social Policy
LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Economic Performance
LSE > Research Centres > STICERD
LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
LSE > Academic Departments > Health Policy
DOI 10.1111/joes.12061
Date Deposited 10 Feb 2014
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/55619

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