Table 3.
Results. Attitudes toward fairness and tax morale. Seventeen cities in Latin America. Fixed-effects models
| Dependent variable: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Paying taxes is civic duty | Tax evasion is unjustifiable | |
| (1) | (2) | |
| Taxes on rich people are too low | − 0.250*** (0.057) | 0.112** (0.054) |
| Merit is more important than luck | 0.268*** (0.061) | 0.318*** (0.058) |
| Redistribution should be a priority for government | − 0.084 (0.065) | − 0.116* (0.061) |
| Reciprocity | 0.112*** (0.011) | − 0.025** (0.011) |
| Deterrence | 0.030*** (0.011) | − 0.072*** (0.010) |
| Peer | 0.113*** (0.014) | − 0.016 (0.013) |
| Gender (male = 1) | 0.276*** (0.058) | 0.012 (0.055) |
| Age (from young to old) | 0.013*** (0.002) | 0.011*** (0.002) |
| Education (from none to postgraduate) | 0.128*** (0.013) | 0.087*** (0.012) |
| In the labor market (yes = 1) | 0.053 (0.069) | − 0.010 (0.065) |
| Observations | 7453 | 7459 |
| R2 | 0.056 | 0.022 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.053 | 0.019 |
| F Statistic | 44.043***(df = 10; 7426) | 16.660***(df = 10; 7432) |
Data from CAF Survey 2011. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01