redistributions. Nonetheless, the social-mobility argument for redistribution is not satisfactory, as actual transition probabilities …

fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the … of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …

, growth and social mobility than under political regimes supported by the rich; pre-tax inequality is greater in the former …

The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government … expenditure). We show that inequality may have no discernible effect on the size of redistributive programs. …

In many OECD countries income inequality has risen, but surprisingly redistribution as well. The theory attributes this … partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U … requires more resources, which lowers pre-tax and post-tax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently defined …