SOECBIAS
Socioeconomic Analyses of perceptions of (re-)distribution in Europe
- How do Europeans perceive national and European social policy?
- What is the role of comparisons with other individuals - within and across national boundaries?
- What explains perceptions of one’s own position within the (inter-)national income distribution? What are the consequences of these perceptions for the assessment of redistribution?
These questions relate to the acceptance of social security schemes in Europe and will be addressed using an interdisciplinary research approach. Conducting a survey experiment, the project tests the causal effect of respondents’ (mis-)perceptions of their own income positions on their preferences for redistribution within a national as well as a European context. The project collects data for comparisons within- and between countries, including Germany, Sweden, Italy, and Poland. In the analysis, we then compare subjective (country-specific) perceptions with objective data.
SOECBIAS Project Video
Output
Publications
- Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn (2022) "How did welfare attitudes change during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany? An empirical analysis using panel data" Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 118-149. Link
Working Paper
- Beblo, Miriam; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Jäger, Julian; Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn "SOECBIAS data set: Socioeconomic data on income (mis-)perceptions and redistributive preferences in four EU Member States", Working Paper (March 2021). Link pdf
- Bublitz, Elisabeth; Wang, Hequn; Jäger, Julian; Beblo, Miriam & Lohmann, Henning "Perceived Income Positions and Attitudes towards EU Inequality - A Cross-Country Survey Experiment, WiSo-HH Working Paper Series (2022), No. 70, Universität Hamburg. Link pdf
- Bublitz, Elisabeth; Jäger, Julian; Wang, Hequn; Beblo, Miriam & Lohmann, Henning "Where do I stand in the EU? Income comparisons and perceptions, WiSo-HH Working Paper Series (2022), No. 66, Universität Hamburg. Link pdf
- Jäger, Julian "Social Benefits for EU Immigrants? A Survey Experiment on Misperceptions,Working Paper (December 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4294874
Conference and Workshop Contributions
- Beblo, Miriam; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Jäger, Julian; Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn "Grenzen der Verteilung? Sozioökonomische Analysen der Wahrnehmung von (Um-) Verteilungen in Europa", Projektposter, 3. FIS Forum 2019 (October 2019). Link pdf
- Beblo, Miriam; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Jäger, Julian; Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn "SOECBIAS Datenerhebung", FIS Briefing I, FIS-Online Dialog (October 2020). Link pdf
- Beblo, Miriam; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Jäger, Julian; Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn "Where do I stand in the EU? European Comparisons and Perceptions", Workshop on Perceptions and Policy Preferences (May 7, 2021).
- Lohmann, Henning; Wang, Hequn; Beblo, Miriam; Bublitz, Elisabeth & Jäger, Julian "Corona und Einstellungen zu Sozialpolitik", FIS Briefing II, FIS-Online Dialog (October 2020). Link pdf
- Wang, Hequn "Information, Income Perceptions, and Welfare Attitudes", Colloquium at Department of Socioeconomics (Discipline Sociology), Universität Hamburg (May 19, 2020).
Project-related Contributions
- Bublitz, Elisabeth "Misperceptions of income distributions: cross-country evidence from a randomized survey experiment" (2022), Socio-Economic Review, vol. 20, no. 2, pp.435–462. Link
- Nürnberger, Eike Bengt "Attitudes Towards Redistribution and Income Taxation: Coherence or Discrepancy – A Cross-Country Comparison", MSc Thesis (2019). Link pdf
- Rick, Bent Mathis "Eine empirische Analyse der Fehlwahrnehmung von nationaler und EU-weiter Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland", Bachelorarbeit (2021). Link pdf
Videos
- Wang, Hequn "Information, Income Perceptions and Welfare Attitudes " (May 2021). Link video
Workshop on Perceptions and Policy Preferences, 7 May 2021
Conducted in collaboration with Elias Naumann, member of the research project IMES.
Sozioökonomische Analysen der Wahrnehmung von (Um-) Verteilungen in Europa
- Wie nehmen Europäer*innen nationale und europäische Sozialpolitik wahr?
- Welche Rolle spielen Vergleiche mit Anderen - innerhalb nationalstaatlicher Grenzen und darüber hinweg?
- Welche Ursachen und welche Folgen hat die eigene Positionierung innerhalb der (inter-) nationalen Einkommensverteilung auf die Bewertung von Umverteilungspolitik?
Diese Fragen zur Akzeptanz der sozialen Sicherung in Europa werden mit einem interdisziplinären Forschungsansatz bearbeitet. Über ein Erhebungsexperiment wird der kausale Einfluss von (Fehl-)Einschätzungen der eigenen Einkommensposition auf Umverteilungspräferenzen untersucht. Das Projekt erhebt Daten in Polen, Schweden, Deutschland und Italien für Vergleiche jeweils innerhalb und zwischen diesen Ländern.
