voprecotestВопросы экономикиVoprosy Ekonomiki0042-8736Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP10.32609/0042-8736-2024-3-73-95voprecotest-4622Research ArticleМИКРОЭКОНОМИКАMICROECONOMICSВызывает ли неравенство раздражение и злость?Does inequality make you angry?https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3952-4701ГимпельсонВ. Е.GimpelsonV. E.

Гимпельсон Владимир Ефимович - к. э. н., проф. Университета Висконсин-Мэдисон, вед. н. с. Центра трудовых исследований НИУ ВШЭ.

Мэдисон, Москва

Vladimir E. Gimpelson

Madison, Moscow

vladim.gimpelson@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3952-4701МонусоваГ. А.MonusovaG. A.

Монусова Галина Алексеевна - к. и. н., независимый исследователь.

Galina A. Monusova - Independent researcher.

Moscow

g.monusova@gmail.comУниверситет Висконсин—Мэдисон; Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»Соединённые Штаты АмерикиUniversity of Wisconsin—Madison; HSE UniversityUnited Statesнезависимый исследовательРоссияIndependent researcherRussian Federation202410032024037395Copyright © Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP, 20242024Voprosy Ekonomiki, NPVoprosy Ekonomiki, NPhttps://www.vopreco.ru/jour/about/submissions#copyrightNoticehttps://www.vopreco.ru/jour/article/view/4622

Исследуются восприятие неравенства и его потенциальные последствия с применением двух подходов. Первый оценивает дифференциацию доходов в терминах величины разрывов между богатыми и бедными. Второй измеряет эмоциональную реакцию на эти разрывы. Используя данные Международной программы социальных обследований (ISSP) за 2019 г., показано, что эти подходы, несмотря на статистически значимую корреляцию между ними, не дублируют друг друга и рассказывают не совсем идентичные истории. Во-первых, респонденты более склонны констатировать значительные разрывы, чем признавать, что эта проблема их эмоционально затрагивает. Во-вторых, данные измерения по-разному связаны с поведенческими реакциями. Констатация больших разрывов в доходах между бедными и богатыми сильнее, чем раздражение по этому поводу, коррелирует с запросом на перераспределение. Эмоциональные переживания заметнее проявляются в оценках конфликтности между крайними доходными группами.

Our study explores subjective inequality using two different measures. The first one is agreement with the statement that the gap between the rich and the poor is large. The second one is an emotional reaction to this gap in terms of intensity of anger. Using data from the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) for 2019, we show that these measures, though correlated, are not duplicates. The first finding is that respondents are more likely to state significant gaps than to admit a negative emotion related to this fact. The second finding is that these dimensions of subjective inequality are associated with different behavioral reactions. Agreeing that the income gaps are too large correlates with demand for redistribution more strongly than the anger does. As to being angry on the inequality, it is more strongly associated with perception of potential conflicts between the poor and the rich. In other words, even agreeing that income inequality is high many individuals do not internalize it and do not accept it as a problem that touches their emotional health.

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