, giving rise to a trade-off between redistribution and the inefficiency of the labor allocation. We compare two environments … lower nominal value in open economies, the actual extent of redistribution in equilibrium is larger in the open than in the …

the relationship between income redistribution (measured by the ratio of the income distribution resulting from market … processes and the income distribution after redistribution) and ethno-linguistic fractionalization. We find that the impact of … ethno-linguistic fractionalization on income redistribution is conditional on the level of economic freedom: countries that …

so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at lower cost. The French tax code should be simplified and changed …

of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility … social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find …

There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their …

in line with our theory. …

Regional productivity differences provide scope for productivity-enhancing labor mobility. Redistribution reduces …, productivity-enhancing migration margin, we determine how regional inequality and labor mobility affect optimal redistribution …