We investigate the evolution of global welfare in two dimensions: income per capita and life expectancy. First, we … estimate the marginal distributions of income and life expectancy separately. More importantly, in contrast to previous … univariate approaches, we consider income and life expectancy jointly and estimate their bivariate global distribution for 137 …

the U.S. and other high-income countries. That polarization has been rising over the last decades. I investigate a novel … channel of income inequality and political campaign contributions on party polarization on the value dimension that is … independent of changing voter preferences. In a model of two-dimensional party competition, I show analytically how rising income …

parliamentary speeches to show that industrialists were relatively less reliant on income from slavery and were characterized by a …

A flat tax rate on income has gained popularity in European countries. This paper assesses the attractiveness of such a … in the Netherlands by a flat rate will harm labour market performance if aggregate income inequality is contained. This …