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1 Stephen White (Glasgow) Social Inequality and Political Instability: What does the Survey Evidence Tell Us? Outline paper prepared for the ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, 3-6 September 2014 Outline paper prepared for the BASEES annual conference, Cambridge, 5-7 April 2014

2 Measuring inequality: official data Source: Russian Federation State Statistics Service (http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/en/main/);http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/en/main/ OECD statistics datalab; World Bank Development Indicators.

3 Measuring inequality: survey data Q. How would you place your views on this scale? 1 means you agree completely with the statement on the left; 10 means you agree completely with the statement on the right; and if your views fall somewhere in between, you can choose any number in between. Sentences: Incomes should be made more equal vs We need larger income differences as incentives. Source: Glasgow University survey, fieldwork January 2014; World Values Survey.

4 Measuring inequality: crosstabulations Source: Glasgow University survey, fieldwork January 2014.


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