@article{TorulOztunali2024, abstract = {{$<$}p{$>$}We study how preferences for redistribution vary at the individual level in Europe. Using survey data from a large subset of European countries, we show that controlling for socio-economic and demographic characteristics, personal intergenerational educational movements play a decisive role in redistributive preferences: individuals with low educational attainment and born to low-educated parents favor redistributing incomes more. Matching subjects with their experienced country-cohort-gender-specific intergenerational educational mobility estimates, we further show that individuals whose clusters faced better upward mobility prospects when growing up are more in favor of equalizing incomes. We offer a parsimonious economic model that accords well with these novel findings.{$<$}/p{$>$}}, author = {Torul, Orhan and {\"O}ztunalı, O{\u g}uz}, chapter = {Articles}, date = {2024/01/30}, date-added = {2024-02-04 18:39:28 +0300}, date-modified = {2024-02-04 18:39:42 +0300}, journal = {Journal of Income Distribution{\textregistered}}, journal1 = {JID}, month = {2024/02/04}, title = {Intergenerational Educational Mobility and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe: Intergenerational Mobility and Redistributive Preferences}, url = {https://jid.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jid/article/view/40566}, year = {2024}, bdsk-url-1 = {https://jid.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jid/article/view/40566}}