This paper examines support for reducing inequality and for income redistribution to specific groups in Europe and … than in 2006 in transition countries. Support for redistribution toward specific groups is highest for the disabled and the … state group of transition countries. Regarding redistribution to specific groups, self-interest appears to be an important …

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …