fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for …This paper studies the joint effect of fractionalization and inequality on the size of government. Within a political … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using …

Little research exists on the historical relationship between BMI variation, wealth, and inequality. This study finds … BMIs and average state-level wealth, and an inverse relationship between BMI and wealth inequality. After controlling for … wealth and inequality, rural agricultural farmers had greater BMI values than their urban counterparts in other occupations. …

We examine in how far people’s experiences of income inequality affect their preferences for redistribution. We use … several large nationally representative datasets to provide evidence that people who have experienced more inequality while … growing up are less in favor of redistribution, after controlling for income, demographics, unemployment experiences and …

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically … concentration in pre- and after-tax income without additional redistribution via progressive taxes. It is, however, crucial to … consider the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation as inequality decreasing effects of decentralization are …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the … of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …

transition following the optimal reform in the capital-skill complementarity model, implying substantial indirect redistribution … from skilled to unskilled workers. These results show that a government that cares about redistribution should take into …

relationship between inequality of entitlements, mortality risk, and the size of redistribution in a stylized social security …In most OECD countries, pension reform policy has decreased the level of intragenerational redistribution over the last … three decades, that is, redistribution among members of the same generation with high and low pension entitlements. This …

Does parental wealth inequality impact next generation labor income inequality? And does a tax on parental wealth …

triggered the demand for income redistribution and wealth taxes not only to reduce inequality but also to reduce CO2 emissions …. This paper calculates the possible size of such a green dividend of redistribution in 26 countries and concludes that, for … most EU countries, it is negative if the redistribution is efficient, in the sense that it keeps average incomes constant …