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Income Inequality, Mobility, and the Welfare State: A Political Economy Model

Bossi, Luca; Gumus, Gulcin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

inequality and mobility for demand for redistribution and social insurance. We model the size of two different public programs … under the welfare state. We investigate bidimensional voting on the tax rates that determine the allocation of government …, and the demand for redistribution crucially depend on the level of income inequality and mobility. …

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Measuring Long-Term Inequality of Opportunity

Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne; Peragine, Vitorocco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In this paper, we introduce and apply a general framework for evaluating long-term income distributions according to the Equality of Opportunity principle. Our framework allows for both an ex-ante and an ex-post approach to EOp. Our ex-post approach relies on a permanent income measure defined...

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On the Measurement of Long-Term Income Inequality and Income Mobility

Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper proposes a two-step aggregation method for measuring long-term income inequality and income mobility, where mobility is defined as an equalizer of long-term income. The first step consists of aggregating the income stream of each individual into a measure of permanent income, which...

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On the Definition and Measurement of Chronic Poverty

Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

As an alternative to the conventional methods for measuring chronic poverty, this paper proposes an interpersonal comparable measure of permanent income as a basis for defining and measuring chronic poverty. This approach accounts for the fact that individuals regularly undertake inter-period...

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Mobility, Taxation and Welfare

Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves; Araar, Abdelkrim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Income mobility is often thought to equalize permanent incomes and thereby to improve social welfare. The welfare analysis of mobility often fails, however, to account for the cost of the variability of periodic incomes around permanent incomes. This paper assesses the net welfare benefit of...

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The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective

Bertocchi, Graziella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

century. We propose an explanation for these facts which is based on a dynamic political economy model where redistribution is …

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How Do Voters Respond to Information? Evidence from a Randomized Campaign

Kendall, Chad; Nannicini, Tommaso; Trebbi, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Rational voters update their subjective beliefs about candidates' attributes with the arrival of information, and subsequently base their votes on these beliefs. Information accrual is, however, endogenous to voters' types and difficult to identify in observational studies. In a large scale...

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Does Money Make People Right-Wing and Inegalitarian? A Longitudinal Study of Lottery Winners

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

voting is driven partly by human self-interest. Money apparently makes people more right-wing. …

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Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and Politics: The Role of Immigration in Shaping Natives' Political Preferences

Barone, Guglielmo; D'Ignazio, Alessio; de Blasio, Guido; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We analyze the impact of immigration on voting. Using Italian municipality data and IV estimation strategy, we find …

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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country

Cesur, Resul; Mocan, Naci - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

men or women. The impact of education on religiosity and voting preference is not working through migration, residential …

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