近十幾年來,高房價與低薪的問題讓台灣的民眾除了關注經濟議題之外,也開始關注所得分配議題。然而,過去的文獻比較經常討論經濟議題與民主制度評價之間的關係,且較少討論分配相關議題。本論文認為所得分配議題對於台灣民眾而言,與經濟議題一樣的重要,並且會影響民眾對於民主制度表現的評價。本研究使用亞洲民主動態調查的第四波與第五波的資料來做分析。首先,民眾對於所得分配的評估與經濟評估一樣會減少台灣民眾對民主體制運作的滿意度。在對於民主制度的支持程度上,本研究發現如果民眾認為所得分配是不均等的,他們越會去支持民主體制。不過這樣一個正向的關係並非是穩定發展的,所得分配不均對民主支持在不同的年份也會有著負面的影響。經濟評估雖然也有影響,但加入政黨認同與前瞻性經濟評估之後,回溯經濟評估的作用力就消失了。
In the past decade, skyrocketing housing prices and low wages forced Taiwanese citizens to focus on income redistribution issues, in addition to preexisting economic issues. However, current literature primarily focuses on the relationship between economic issues and evaluations on democratic institutions, rarely taking into account public opinion of income distribution. By using the Wave 4 and Wave 5 Asian Barometer Survey, this paper suggests that income redistribution issues are as important as economic issues to Taiwanese people when evaluating the performance of democratic institutions. Primarily, satisfaction with democracy declines when the Taiwanese perceive unfair income distribution. On the other hand, Taiwanese citizens are more likely to support democracy when they perceive unfair income distribution, although this positive relationship is not stable. Income distribution and democratic support may have a negative relationship in various years. Economic evolutions remain significant, but the effect of retrospective economic evaluation becomes insignificant when adding partisanship and prospective economic evaluation into models.