Social Identification and Redistribution Preference: A Survey Experiment in Japan
Social Identification and Redistribution Preference: A Survey Experiment in Japan
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社会认同和再分配偏好：日本的一项调查实验
DOI：
10.1093/ssjj/jyac029
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Katsunori Seki
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作者：
Shigemura Sohei;Iseki Tatsuya;Ikeda Shun;Ishima Hideo;王威駟;佐藤信;Chihyun KWON;Katsunori Seki
是什么影响了收入再分配的偏好？研究发现，社会认同在其中起着重要作用。在本文中，我认为，内组偏好产生的收入接近和外组歧视产生的国家/外国人分裂影响再分配偏好。本文利用对4,002名日本人进行的调查实验的数据，研究了将穷人作为公共援助（或称“Seikatsu Hogo "）的接受者是否会增加（减少）对穷人（富人）收入再分配的支持，以及将外国人作为公共援助接受者是否会减少对再分配的支持。分析表明，家庭年收入在500万至1000万日元的受访者对将穷人作为公共援助接受者的待遇持否定态度。结果还表明，启动外国人作为公共援助的接受者减少支持再分配。这些发现证实了先前在北美和欧洲发现证据的研究。分析日本的样本可以提供外部有效性，因为日本最近的收入差距扩大具有独特的特征，包括低收入群体的贫困化，而不是富裕。随着流入日本的外国人的急剧增加，有必要研究日本人如何应对外国人的增加而形成再分配偏好。
What shapes preferences for income redistribution? Studies find that social identification plays an important role. In this paper, I argue that in-group favoritism generated through income proximity and out-group discrimination stemming from a nation/foreigner cleavage affect redistribution preference. Using data from a survey experiment with 4,002 Japanese citizens, I examined whether priming the poor as recipients of public assistance (or Seikatsu Hogo) generates more (less) support for income redistribution among the poor (the wealthier) and whether priming foreigners as public assistance recipients decreases support for redistribution. Analyses reveal that respondents with annual household income of 5–10 million yen negatively respond to the treatment priming the poor as public assistance recipients. Results also indicate that priming foreigners as public assistance recipients decreases support for redistribution. These findings corroborate previous research that finds evidence from North America and Europe. Analyzing a sample from Japan offers the external validity because the recent rise in income disparity in Japan involves unique characteristics including pauperization of low-income groups without enriching the wealthy. A rapid increase in the inflow of immigrants to Japan necessitates the need to study how Japanese people shape their redistribution preference in response to a growing number of foreign residents.