Hoy, ChristopherToth, RussellMerdikawati, Nurina2025-06-112025-06-112214-8043WOS:001279106700001ORCID:/0000-0001-8423-1997/work/175400721http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85199252364&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733759068We test the elasticity of people's voting intentions and preferences for redistribution to information about inequality through a large-scale, randomised survey experiment in Indonesia. Respondents received information about either (1) the level of national inequality, (2) the level of national inequality in combination with the degree of intergenerational mobility, (3) their position in the national income distribution, or no information. The first two treatments raised people's concern about inequality and mobility. The first treatment also increased the likelihood they would vote against the President. The third treatment lowered richer respondents’ support for redistribution. These findings provide new insights about the challenges of increasing public support for government-led redistribution, such as tax increases and greater spending on social protection, in middle-income country settings.The study was registered with the American Economic Association RCT registry (ID number AEARCTR-0002571). This paper presents independent analysis and was funded by the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Southeast Asia (J-PAL SEA). The content of the paper is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessary reflect the official views of the funder. The authors are very grateful for comments provided by Thomas Piketty, Dean Karlan, Asep Suryahadi, Matthew Wai-Poi, Diahhadi Setyonaluri, Gracia Hadiwidjaja, Taufik Indrakesuma and seminar participants at NEUDC at Northwestern University, the Australian National University, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, the World Bank Jakarta Office, Australasian Development Economics Workshop, SMERU and Forum Kajian Pembangunan.10enPublisher Copyright: © 2024RedistributionVotingPolitical economyInequality2024-07-2310.1016/j.socec.2024.10227485199252364