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Fairness, Social Identity, and Preferred Tax Use: A Comparative Study among Migrants and Non-migrants

André Machwart

Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies2025https://doi.org/10.65767/0278-839x.2025.50.23article
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This study examines how individuals with and without migration backgrounds prefer to allocate tax revenues, highlighting the roles of redistribution preferences, fairness beliefs, and social identity. Using an experimental vignette method, participants allocated tax revenue between political campaigns supporting fiscal or redistributive purposes. In the redistributive campaigns, varying levels of effort required from beneficiaries were distinguished. The results show no significant difference in overall redistributive preferences between migrants and non-migrants. However, migrants allocated more tax revenues to education and less to social transfers than non-migrants, particularly among those who believe in the connection between fairness and success. Further analysis indicates that group interests shape tax allocation preferences only among non-migrants.

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@article{andré2025,
  title        = {{Fairness, Social Identity, and Preferred Tax Use: A Comparative Study among Migrants and Non-migrants}},
  author       = {André Machwart},
  journal      = {Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.65767/0278-839x.2025.50.23},
}

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0.50

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F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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