distribution of risks inside society, the Liberal system wins if the inequality of income is low, and the Beveridgean system wins … if the inequality of income is high. Using a utilitarian criterion, the Beveridgean system always dominates and the …

. 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 …

redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income …

redistribution. Controlling for a number of factors usually found to impact individual preferences in the literature, we take the … egoistic motives for redistribution seriously and focus on the role played by the occupational status of individuals in shaping … be formed on the basis of their preferences for redistribution. Finally, (iii) we highlight differences between European …

lifetime welfare, has the undesirable corollary to recommend a redistribution of resources from short-lived to long …

citizens' support for the market by guaranteeing income redistribution to inequality-averse agents. Our identification strategy … face the same level of market development and economic inequality, as well as the same historically inherited politico …-economic culture. Democratic rights increase popular support for the market. This is true, in particular, of inequality-averse agents …