Attitudes of youngsters towards welfare policies and redistribution are rarely investigated. This is seems justified by the fact that adolescents have yet to achieve a personal socioeconomic status within society. However, other social attitudes that influence a persons’ support for redistribution are developed at an age prior to socioeconomic independence. This is especially the case for attitudes related to national identity and diversity. In this study we investigate the link between these attitudes and support for redistribution among adolescents. We make use of the Belgian Political Panel Study (2006-2011), in which over 3,000 adolescents were questioned. The results demonstrate that an agreement with both ethnic and civic definitions of national identity increase adolescents’ disapproval for redistribution, especially with regard to ethnic nationalism. This relationship is indirect nature: ethnic and civic nationalism strengthen negative views on immigrants, which in turn is the key variable that will enhance a rejection of redistribution.
