Publications
The Evolution of Affluent Support for Redistribution in Germany in the Context of Rising Inequalities with T.Darcillon, European Journal of Political economy, 2024, vol 85.
Another Wind of Change? Evidence about Political Outsiders in the French Parliament (Joint with A.Volle and A.Cazals) ; Revue d'économie politique, 2023/2 (Vol. 133), p. 203-231.
The Effect of the Arab Spring on Preferences for Redistribution in Egypt, with A.Volle, Review of Income and Wealth, 2020, vol. 66, no 4, p. 875-903. (WP)
Working papers
Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Attitudes: Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel (Sole-authored ; R&R at German Economic Review)
Abstract: The literature abounds with studies highlighting the existence of strong intergenerational correlations, some of which relate to preferences. This paper is the first to investigate empirically the intergenerational correlation of preferences for redistribution between parents and children. The main findings using the SOEP data suggest a substantial intergenerational transmission of preferences for taxation. In addition to the fact that the estimated correlations put parental preferences at the head of the determinants of individual attitudes towards redistribution, our mediation analysis challenges the impact of some variables considered as key determinants in the literature. Regarding the mechanism of transmission of these preferences, the social environment seems to play a more important role than direct family socialization. This study also shows that the absence of opinion on these redistribution issues can be explained by the individual's parents' attitudes as well as by the individual's level of education, gender and political orientation.
Income Mobility and Support for the Welfare State: Panel Evidence from Germany (Sole-authored ; R&R at Economics Bulletin)
Abstract: Previous studies on preferences for state intervention have primarily relied on cross-sectional designs, which are limited in their ability to account for time-invariant unobservables. Using panel data from the 1997–2002 German SOEP, we estimate first-difference models to assess whether medium-term income changes affect support for public versus private provision across five domains of financial security. A one-log-point rise in real household income reduces support for state involvement in family, unemployment, sickness, old-age, and long-term care provision by 7 to 11 percent of a scale point. Two patterns of heterogeneity emerge: (i) individuals in the bottom or top 1997 income quintile react almost twice as strongly (approximately –0.13) as those in the middle (approximately –0.07); (ii) the absolute response to income gains exceeds that to losses (p < 0.01). Gender, cohort, region, initial attitudes, and baseline ideology do not significantly alter the slope. Results hold across alternative codings, placebo tests, and controls for employment transitions.