NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions and HSE International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development are happy to invite you to our joint meeting of the Research Seminar on Diversity and Development and HSE Seminar on Political Economy.

Speaker Alexey Zakharov (HSE, MAE'1999) will present the paper "Redistributive policy and redistribution preferences: The effects of Moscow redevelopment program" (joint with Israel Marquez II). Registration: till noon of October 29

Abstract:

We study a unique dataset of 1400 Moscow residents in order to estimate the effect of participating in a government-sponsored redevelopment program on preferences for redistributive social policy. We find that there is a positive effect: Individuals in buildings slated for redevelopment are more likely to agree that the government should reduce income differences between rich and poor, provide for unemployed, and provide housing to everyone who needs it. We believe that the primary channel is through increased trust in the government. Our results suggest yet another pathway the copersistence of redistribution preferences and redistributive state policies.