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Anderson, Christopher, Getmansky, Anna and Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan (2019) Burden sharing : income, inequality, and willingness to fight. British Journal of Political Science, 50 (1). pp. 363-379. doi:10.1017/S0007123417000679 ISSN 1469-2112.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123417000679
Abstract
What explains citizens’ willingness to fight for their country in times of war? Using six waves of the World Values Survey, we find that individual willingness to fight is negatively related to country-level income inequality. When income inequality is high, the rich are less willing to fight than the poor. When inequality is low, the poor and the rich do not differ much in their willingness to fight. The change in the willingness to fight between low and high inequality is greater among the rich than among the poor. We explore several explanations for these findings. The data are consistent with the argument that high inequality makes it more attractive for the rich to buy themselves out of military service.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | War and society, Income distribution, Civilians in war -- Attitudes, Soldiers | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Political Science | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1469-2112 | ||||||||
Official Date: | January 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 50 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 363-379 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0007123417000679 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been published in a revised form in British Journal of Political Science (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science). This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © 2018 Cambridge University Press. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © Cambridge University Press 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 June 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 June 2018 | ||||||||
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