Skip Navigation


European Sociological Review Advance Access originally published online on November 25, 2008
European Sociological Review 2009 25(4):475-488; doi:10.1093/esr/jcn063
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
25/4/475    most recent
jcn063v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Beckert, J.
Right arrow Articles by Lutter, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

The Inequality of Fair Play: Lottery Gambling and Social Stratification in Germany

Jens Beckert and Mark Lutter

Mark Lutter, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Paulstr. 3, 50676 Cologne, Germany. Email: lutter{at}mpifg.de

Correspondence: Jens Beckert (to whom correspondence should be addressed), Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Paulstr. 3, 50676 Cologne, Germany. Email: beckert{at}mpifg.de; lutter{at}mpifg.de

On the basis of a telephone survey conducted on a random sample of the German residential population, we examine the distribution effects state lotteries have on Germany's social structure. Lotteries are highly taxed economic transactions, whose proceeds make up a considerable share of public fiscal revenues. Our analysis shows that lotteries are a form of regressive taxation. Using key demographic indicators, such as age, citizenship, and levels of income and education, we demonstrate the effects of fiscal redistribution.

Manuscript received: January 1, 2008.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.