Redistribution differs widely across countries, but our understanding of why this is the case is limited. In … democracies, the extent of redistribution should ultimately reflect citizens' preferences. We measure preferences for … redistribution in six developed countries through internationally standardized questions in which respondents are faced with …

This paper analyzes intergenerational redistribution in a 2-period overlapping- generations model that allows for … political economy equilibrium is not Pareto-efficient. Redistribution results in equal consumption levels of individuals with …

In this paper redistribution policy is analyzed in a 2-period overlapping generations model with heterogeneous …

democracy with asymmetric information. The model considers not only redistribution between generations but also redistribution …, consumption levels are perfectly equalized within both generations. Second, a redistribution bias exists in favor of the old …

Beschäftigungskonten eingeführt, so werden die Beschäftigungsanreize gestärkt, ohne die existierende Umverteilung signifikant zu verändern … improve employment incentives without significant changes in the current redistribution scheme. We provide a detailed account … size of entitlements as well as interpersonal redistribution unchanged. …

Ethnic discrimination is ubiquitous, and it has been shown to exert adverse effects on income redistribution. The … work effort knowing that their income will finance redistribution to ethnic minorities. We test for this mechanism … statistically insignificantly. Workers' beliefs over the third party's redistribution rate do not mediate such results and are …