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. 2023 Mar 31:1–25. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s12116-023-09394-z

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