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

fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …

This paper investigates inequality and intragenerational economic mobility in a developing country with large … inequality. Understanding economic mobility is important because it shapes our perception of inequality. Despite its significance … countries. Using Thailand's tax return data, we study the evolution of earnings inequality, estimate medium-term earnings …

democracies; (2) the nature and determinants of modern tax structures; and (3) redistribution in pluralistic societies over …

This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive … relationship between globalization and inequality in the transition countries including China and most countries of Middle and …

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 …

lifetime income in family dynasties. Using rich Norwegian administrative data, we describe how a lifetime-dynastic income …

, the effectiveness of the electricity tariff as a redistribution device is questionable in the presence of a progressive … model predicts that electricity prices should be subsidised in the presence of purely income redistribution concerns, we … conservation as well as income redistribution. …

experiment shows that respondents do not account for parental influence on economic success when making (re-)distribution … decisions, suggesting that people view parental influence as a legitimate reason to justify some inequality. This can explain …

Increasing inequality and associated egalitarian sentiments have again put redistribution on the political agenda …. Other-regarding preferences may also affect support for redistribution, but knowledge about their distribution in the … national plebiscites, to study the link between other-regarding preferences and support for redistribution in a broad sample of …