Previous literature has found that providing information about inequality
need not lead to higher demand for redistribution. We argue
that perceptions on whether inequality can be decreased might provide
one of the missing links between information and views about redistribution.
If inequality is seen as inevitable, more information may remain
inconsequential for policy preferences. We test this idea in a survey experiment
in South Africa. The survey includes an information treatment
as well as treatments that are intended to affect perceptions of inevitability.
We find that information emphasizing the possibility of decreasing
inequality has an effect on demand for redistribution.