The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government … expenditure). We show that inequality may have no discernible effect on the size of redistributive programs. …

In many OECD countries income inequality has risen, but surprisingly redistribution as well. The theory attributes this … partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U … requires more resources, which lowers pre-tax and post-tax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently defined …

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 …

appears to have caused a high degree of economic inequality, and democratization in the form of franchise expansion has … typically led to an expansion in redistribution, at least in the small sample of episodes studied. Similarly, and more … between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …

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 …

What matters for individuals' preferences for redistribution? In this paper we show that consequentialist beliefs about … inequality - beliefs about how economic inequality changes the crime rate or the quality of democratic institutions, for example …,731 U.S. citizens, we show that a majority of respondents believe that inequality leads to a wide range of negative societal …

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 …

voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged. …We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure …