ABSTRACT

Conventional wisdom posits that intergenerational social mobility reduces individual preference for redistribution. Yet, this thesis is drawn from the case of democracies, where electoral competition plays a key role in redistribution. In this study, we argue that intergenerational social mobility’s effect on individual preference for redistribution differs in dictatorships, where the state is the key decision-maker of redistribution. With the data of the fourth wave of the Asian Barometer Survey, we find that citizens’ upward intergenerational social mobility increases with their support for government-led redistribution in autocracies. This finding contributes to the understanding of individual preference for redistribution in dictatorships.

摘要

传统观点认为，代际社会流动减少了个人对再分配的偏好。但是，本文是从民主制的情况得出的，在民主制中，选举竞争在再分配中起着关键作用。在这项研究中，我们认为代际社会流动性对个人对再分配的偏好的影响在独裁统治方面是不同的，而国家是再分配的关键决策者。借助《亚洲晴雨表》第四次调查的数据，我们发现，随着政府对专制政体的重新分配的支持，公民的代际向上的社会流动性增加。这一发现有助于理解个人对独裁统治下的再分配的偏好。