This article presents a novel explanation why demand for redistribution on average does not respond to information on … observed unresponsiveness of demand for redistribution may result because the group which drives the effect on beliefs does not … increase demand for redistribution and may even decrease it. Indeed, despite the strong perception shift in the high …

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 …

and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule …

metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social … cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of inequality - heterogeneity in income below the national level. We … inequality between and within countries. In particular, we demonstrate that climate and distributional policy cannot be separated …

this return inequality? I study capital taxation in an economy in which return rates endogenously correlate with wealth … conventional wisdom, rather than calling for more redistribution, the presence of this scale dependence provides a rationale for … lower marginal tax rates. The endogeneity of returns generates an inequality multiplier effect between wealth and its …

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 …

This paper examines the effects of a unilateral reform of the redistribution policy in an economy open to international … real income in the reforming country, while income inequality is reduced to a larger extent for sufficiently small initial …-reforming trading partner, the unilateral redistribution policy reform resembles a unilateral increase in trade costs leading to a …

, and help to explain the gap between lab evidence on support for redistribution and U.S. inequality trends … opportunities and outcomes. We elicit redistribution decisions from a U.S.-representative sample who observe worker outcomes and … lucky opportunities. Our findings have implications for models that seek to understand and predict redistribution attitudes …