We consider redistributional taxation between people with and without human capital if education is endogenous and if … individuals differ in their perceptions about own ability. Those who see their ability as low like redistributive taxation because … of the transfers it generates. Those who see their ability as high may also like redistributive taxation because it stops …

margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …

. Measuring individualism and the demand for redistribution by questions of the General Social Survey (GSS), we show that: (i …) individuals living in states with mineral resources are more individualistic and support less redistribution by the government … ; (ii) the higher the number of mines in a states, the lower the support for governmental redistribution and the higher the …