In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution, and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … such activities, thus exacerbating inequality among a large part of the population. We then survey the existing empirical …

and inequality effects. I show theoretically that even when AI improves the productivity of low-skill workers in certain … tasks (without creating new tasks for them), this may increase rather than reduce inequality. Empirically, I find that AI … advances are unlikely to increase inequality as much as previous automation technologies because their impact is more equally …

evolution of earnings inequality is what we refer to as the canonical model, which elegantly and powerfully operationalizes the …