inequality, and polarization in policy preferences. The main innovation lays in the political process determining capital … speaking reflecting inequality) has somewhat interesting effects along the transitional path towards balanced growth. Hereby …

claimed that "the more we target benefits at the poor, the less likely we are to reduce poverty and inequality". The basic … fact become a very weak one. For what it matters, targeting tends to be associated with higher levels of redistribution …

types of inequality/discrimination, e.g. based on gender, race or sexual orientation. An inquiry into the mechanisms of the …This study combines novel financial-literacy data with measures of attitudes to redistribution from the British … intervention for income redistribution. The effect is robust to several specifications, samples, longitudinal models and …

inequality, such as differences in effort, luck, or opportunities. We study how fairness views and the extent of redistribution …The steady increase in inequality over the past decades has revived a lively debate about what can be considered a fair … distribution of income. Public support for the extent of redistribution typically depends on the perceived causes of income …

A society that believes wealth to be determined by random "luck", rather than by merit, demands more redistribution. We … ground acceleration registered during each shock with survey data about individual opinions on redistribution we show that … inequalities should be levelled by redistribution. The shocks, however, are not all alike. We find that only the last three shakes …

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …

In this paper, we study how the tax-and-transfer system reduces the inequality of lifetime income by redistributing … lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and -transfer system … offsets around half of the inequality in lifetime earnings that is due to differences in skill endowments. At the same time …

Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from … income inequality and government size, measured as the government expenditure share in GDP. Using a novel instrument - the … the true role of the government in attenuating income inequality. The estimated relationship between income inequality and …

significantly increased redistribution to nonwinners who performed similarly well. We find that transparency can effectively alter …