rise in inequality will lead to more redistribution. This paper shows that, for the UK in the period 1983-2004, a plausibly … exogenous rise in income inequality has not been associated with increased redistribution. We then explore this further using … attitudinal data. We show that the demand for redistribution, having shown considerable variation over time, is at an all-time low …

redistributive effects of taxation and public spending in the UK. Redistribution is not at the top of people’s minds when they … of ‘fairness’ and ‘mutuality’ to the structures of taxation and public spending. Fairness in taxation may involve more …

-efficacy differed significantly between boys and girls when youth and gender identities were emphasized but not when stressing personal …

interpreted as the reduced form of various political economy models of voting and lobbying. We consider three special cases: a … median voter model, a probabilistic voting model, and an ‘influence for sale’ model. In all three cases conditions exist that …

the probabilistic voting model in political economy. Effects persist after the cash transfer program ends. We estimate …

political knowledge has a sizeable influence on the probability of voting and that mass media play an important role in …

In a symmetric information voting model, an individual (information controller) can influence voters’ choices by …-unanimous voting rule, she exploits voters’ heterogeneity by designing a signal with realizations targeting di↵erent winning …-coalitions. Consequently, under simple-majority voting rule, a majority of voters might be strictly worse o↵ due to the controller’s influence …

Gender inequality is an acute and persistent problem, especially in developing countries. This paper argues that gender … discrimination is an inefficient practice. We model gender discrimination as the complete exclusion of females from the labor market …