Inequality Belief Systems: What They Look Like, How to Study Them, and Why They Matter
Published in Social Indicators Research, 2024
Recommended citation: Bertero, A., Franetovic, G., & Mijs, J. J. B. (2024). Inequality Belief Systems: What They Look Like, How to Study Them, and Why They Matter. Social Indicators Research, 174(2), 445–472. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-024-03352-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-024-03352-5
We treat beliefs about inequality as a structured system rather than a bundle of separate opinions and show how to recover that structure from survey data. The US and Dutch cases reveal cohesive but context-specific belief systems centred on perceptions of inequality and support for redistribution.