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Comparing Inequality Aversion across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - HAL - 2013
margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933830
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Trust and the Welfare State: The Twin Peaks Curve
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Sangnier, Marc - HAL - 2014
We show the existence of a twin peaks relation between trust and the size of the welfare state that stems from two opposing forces. Uncivic people support large welfare states because they expect to benefit from them without bearing their costs. But civic individuals support generous benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933915
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Living in the garden of Eden: Mineral resources foster individualism
Couttenier, Mathieu; Sangnier, Marc - HAL - 2010
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930183
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Compensating the dead? Yes we can!
Fleurbaey, Marc; Leroux, Marie-Louise; Ponthière, Grégory - HAL - 2010
An early death is, undoubtedly, a serious disadvantage. However, the compensation of short-lived individuals has remained so far largely unexplored, probably because it appears infeasible. Indeed, short-lived agents can hardly be identified ex ante, and cannot be compensated ex post. We argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930209
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How does party fractionalization convey preferences for redistribution in parliamentary democracies?
Amable, Bruno; Gatti, Donatella; Guillaud, Elvire - HAL - 2008
In this paper, we highlight the link between the political demand and social policy outcome while taking into account the design of the party system. The political demand is measured by individual preferences and the design of the party system is defined as the extent of party fractionalization....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930221
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The political economy of job protection and income redistribution
Amable, Bruno; Gatti, Donatella - HAL - 2005
alternative institutional options: the degree of labour market flexibility and the intensity of redistribution. We show that the … (positive flexibility versus positive redistribution). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930237
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Living in the garden of Eden: Mineral resources foster individualism
Couttenier, Mathieu; Sangnier, Marc - HAL - 2010
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325722
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Do Redistributive Pension Systems Increase Inequalities and Welfare?
Hachon, Christophe - HAL - 2008
Using a capital-skill complementarity technology, we analytically show that an increase in the direct redistributivity of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pension systems has a positive impact on wages and on wage inequalities. We also show that life expectancyinequalities play an important role in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643777
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Redistribution, Pension Systems and Capital Accumulation
Hachon, Christophe - HAL - 2008
In this paper we study the macroeconomic impact of a policy which changes the redistributive properties of an unfunded pension system. Using an overlapping generations model with a closed economy and heterogenous agents, we show that a weaker linkbetween contributions and benefits has an impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643779
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Preferences for redistribution : an empirical analysis
Guillaud, Elvire - HAL - 2011
redistribution. Controlling for a number of factors usually found to affect individual preferences in the literature, the egoistic … motives for redistribution are taken seriously and this article focuses on the role played by the occupational status of … presented here identifies which socio-political groups may be formed on the basis of their preferences for redistribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605322