Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 
Author-Name: Raymundo Campos Vazquez 
Author-Name: Alice Krozer 
Author-Name: Aurora Ramírez Alvarez 
Author-Name: Rodolfo De la Torre
Author-Name: Roberto Velez Grajales    
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Author-Workplace-Name: Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias   
Title: «Perceptions of Inequality and Social Mobility»   
Abstract:  Despite evidence of high inequality and low social mobility throughout the world, there has been only limited demand for change. Using new survey and experimental data, we investigate how perceptions about inequality and social mobility affect preferences for redistribution in Mexico. In addition to the perceived level of inequality typically measured in previous studies, we explore perceptions about who is rich and poor and their share of the population. The shape of perceived inequality that we find provides new insights as to why people tolerate large differences between the rich and the poor. We find that Mexicans generally perceive poverty and inequality not too far from measured levels, but they overestimate the income of the rich and their proportion of the population.    
Length:  54   
Creation-Date:2020   
File-url: https://ceey.org.mx/perceptions-of-inequality-and-social-mobility/   
File-format: Application/pdf   
Handle: RePEc:auk:ecosoc:2020_05