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Income inequality, mobility, and the welfare state : a political economy model
Bossi, Luca; Gumus, Gulcin - 2011
inequality and mobility for demand for redistribution and social insurance. We model the size of two different public programs …, and the demand for redistribution crucially depend on the level of income inequality and mobility. -- redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311993
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Are the upwardly-mobile more Left-wing?
Clark, Andrew E.; Cotofan, Maria - 2023
It is well-known that the wealthier are more likely to have Right-leaning political preferences. We here in addition consider the role of the individual's starting position, and in particular their upward social mobility relative to their parents. In 18 waves of UK panel data, both own and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311622
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Education, redistributive taxation and confidence
Konrad, Kai A. (contributor); Spadaro, Amedeo (contributor) - 2005
redistribution among young individuals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002592002
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Intergenerational earnings mobility and preferences for redistribution
Siedler, Thomas; Sonnenberg, Bettina - 2012
individuals' preferences for redistribution. A novel survey question from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study - whether the … taxes paid by unskilled workers are too high, adequate or too low - are used to elicit attitudes toward redistribution … years. The results reveal that intergenerational mobility is significantly related to preferences for redistribution. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665011
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An experimental study of the POUM hypothesis
Checchi, Daniele (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001808429
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In praise of snapshots
Kanbur, Ravi - 2019
many an argument for shifting the focus from income redistribution, which is said to equalize outcomes, to equalizing … redistribution can itself improve mobility even if that is the only objective. The paper thus speaks in praise of snapshots. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146862
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Public employment and redistributive politics : evidence from Russia's regions
Gimpelʹson, Vladimir E.; Treisman, Daniel; Monusova, … - 2000
Public employment grew surprisingly fast in Russia during the 1990s, at a time when total employment was falling. Most of this growth occurred in the country's 89 regions, and rates varied among them. This paper seeks to explain this variation. Using panel data for 78 regions over 1992-1998 we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335239
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An empirical analysis of trade-related redistribution and the political viability of free trade
Lake, James; Millimet, Daniel L. - 2014
undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of … free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the causal effect of expected redistribution associated with the US Trade …. We find that a one standard deviation increase in redistribution leads to more than a 3% point increase in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339571
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Factor shares, redistribution and growth in a captured democracy
Vindigni, Andrea - 2024
A model of endogenous growth is presented, based on productive public expenditures, and featuring some degree of income inequality, and polarization in policy preferences. The main innovation lays in the political process determining capital taxation that relies, both on voting and on "influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014461501
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The political economy of intergenerational income mobility
Ichino, Andrea; Karabarbounis, Loukas; Moretti, Enrico - 2010
The intergenerational elasticity of income is considered one of the best measures of the degree to which a society gives equal opportunity to its members. While much research has been devoted to measuring this reduced-form parameter, less is known about its underlying structural determinants....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940498