The Effect of the Arab Spring on the Preferences for Redistribution in Egypt

Bilal El Rafhi (1) , Alexandre Volle (1)

1 CEE-M - Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - FRE2010

The present paper investigates the effect of the revolution occurred in January 2011 in Egypt on the Preferences of Redistribution. This shock has been an important event enhancing the freedom situation and political structure. In a first step taking into account the main determinants explaining Preferences of Redistribution displayed in literature, our results differ showing a positive impact of the religion and a negative impact of the altruistic attitude. In a second step, we rely on a diff-in-diff approach to estimate the effect of the revolution using as control group three similar countries. We find that Egyptians became much more favorable to redistribution after the Arab Spring. Moreover, the revolution effect is stronger for the poorest people and those who are interested in politics.

Mots clés: Revolution political rivalries; political situation; Redistributive preferences; Revolution; Arab spring; Freedom; Political situ- ation

Domaines: Economies et finances

Bilal El Rafhi, Alexandre Volle. The Effect of the Arab Spring on the Preferences for Redistribution in Egypt. ADRES Doctoral conference 2019, AMSE. Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Feb 2019, Marseille, France. ⟨hal-02101392⟩