La percepción de desigualdad económica y su influencia sobre la justificación de las diferencias de ingreso legítimas

• Iturra , Julio ^[3] ; Castillo , Juan Carlos ^[1] ; Rufs Orellana, Catalina ^[2] ; Maldonado, Luis ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad de Chile

     Universidad de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
  3. [3] Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social

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• Localización: Estudios sociológicos, ISSN 0185-4186, ISSN-e 2448-6442, Vol. 41, Nº. 122, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Estudios Sociológicos, mayo-agosto), págs. 309-352
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.24201/es.2023v41n122.2260
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Perception of economic inequality and its influence on the justification of legitimate income differences
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  • español

    Se analiza el efecto de información sobre desigualdad econó­mica sobre la justificación de desigualdad salarial. Usando un experimento a través de encuestas en una muestra del área metropolitana de Santiago de Chile (n=732), se busca replicar los resultados de Kris-Stella Trump (2018) sobre la justificación de brechas salariales. Los resultados muestran que la información sobre salarios reales no impacta la medida de justificación de desigualdad empleada por Trump. Se evidenció que la información sobre desigualdad salarial incrementa la justificación de brechas salariales según ocupaciones de alto y bajo estatus, lo cual potencia la exposición conjunta hacia la justificación del sistema. Se discuten las limitaciones metodológicas del estudio e implicancias en el mismo de las preferencias distributivas.

  • English

    We analyse the effect of information about economic inequality on the justification of wage inequality. Using a survey experiment in a sample of the metropolitan area of Santiago de Chile (n=732), we seek to replicate the results of Kris-Stella Trump (2018) on the justification of wage gaps. The results show that information on real wages does not impact Trump’s measure of inequality justification. Instead, wage inequality information was found to increase the justification of wage gaps by high- and low-status occupations, being boosted by the joint exposure to the towards system justification. Finally, the study’s methodological limitations and implications for the study of distributional preferences are discussed.

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