Entry:
Edlund, Jonas, "Progressive Taxation Farewell?- Attitudes to Income Redistribution and Taxation in Sweden, Great Britain, and the U.S." In The End of the Welfare State? Responses to State Retrenchment, edited by Stefan Svallfors and Peter Taylor-Gooby, New York, New York: Routledge, 1999, Pgs. 106-134.
Abstract:
The majority of people in Sweden, Great Britain, and the U.S. support the principle of progressive taxation. Across the countries, public disapproval of how taxes are distributed is common. Social conflicts about progressive taxation vary between each country.
GSS Years:1990
Other Data Sets:
ISSP 1991-92
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| GOVEQINC |
GOVMNT SHOULD REDUCE INC DIFFERENTIALS |
| INCGAP |
INCOME DIFFERENTIALS IN USA TOO BIG |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| TAXRICH |
TAXES ON HIGH INCOME PEOPLE TOO HIGH |
| TAXMID |
TAXES ON MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE TOO HIGH |
| TAXPOOR |
TAXES ON LOW INCOME PEOPLE TOO HIGH |
| TAXSHARE |
SHOULD RICH PAY BIGGER SHARE OF TAXES? |
| CLASS |
SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| POLVIEWY |
LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE-VERSION Y |