全部 标题 作者
关键词 摘要

OALib Journal期刊
ISSN: 2333-9721
费用:99美元

查看量下载量

相关文章

更多...
-  2019 

Living With Inequality: Neighborhood Income Diversity and Perceptions of the Income Gap

DOI: 10.1177/1532673X17733799

Keywords: income inequality,political attitudes,social context,spatial analysis

Full-Text   Cite this paper   Add to My Lib

Abstract:

This article explores whether the places where people live—and specifically the diversity of incomes where people live—influence views about income inequality. Using a unique survey of New York City that contains geographic identifiers and questions about attitudes toward inequality, coupled with a rich array of Census data, we assess the degree to which the income diversity within spatially customized neighborhood boundaries influences beliefs about inequality. We find consistent evidence that attitudes about inequality are influenced by the places where people live—those who are exposed to more income diversity near their homes perceive larger gaps between the rich and everybody else, and are more likely to believe that the gap should be smaller. Moreover, this effect appears to be especially pronounced among those with lower educational attainment and at either end of the income spectrum

Full-Text

Contact Us

service@oalib.com

QQ:3279437679

WhatsApp +8615387084133