FACTORS AFFECTING DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS ATTITUDE TOWARDS INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
The article deals with income redistribution between different population segments and examines citizen groups attitude towards the redistribution. It is shown that positive attitude towards redistribution directly correlates with increase in age and with decrease in income and educational level. It appears that women are more proredistributive than men as well as those who think that wealth is a result of pure chance or illegal acts, while poverty is a consequence of injustice of society and bad luck. The author concludes that the poor may be less supportive of redistribution policies if they expect steady increase in their income in future, and the rich are likely to be more willing to contribute to the redistribution if they know about possible decrease in their level of income.