Preferences for redistribution, as well as the generosities of welfare states, differ significantly across countries … 1945 to 1990, East Germans lived under a Communist regime with heavy state intervention and extensive redistribution. We … find that, after German reunification, East Germans are more in favor of redistribution and state intervention than West …

This paper discusses what determines the preferences of individuals for redistribution. We review the theoretical …

low, the equilibrium policy is characterized by some amount of general income redistribution and some targeted transfers … interest groups and against general redistribution. As diversity increases further, however, only general redistribution …

affect preferences for redistribution in France, Italy, Sweden, the U.K., and the U.S.. Americans are more optimistic than … redistribution, mostly for "equality of opportunity" policies. We find a strong political polarization. Left-wing respondents are … more pessimistic about mobility, their preferences for redistribution are correlated with their mobility perceptions, and …

redistribution. Approximately 4,000 respondents were randomized into treatments providing interactive, customized information on U …

paper proposes that what partly explains the structure of ideology is moral universalism: the extent to which people … spending. Moreover, the left-right divide on topics such as redistribution strongly depends on whether people evaluate more or …

their effort, it will chose low redistribution and low taxes. In equilibrium effort will be high, the role of luck limited …

redistribution. We study the dynamic evolution of different economies in which redistributive policies, perceptions of fairness … inequality, redistribution and growth. We also show how different beliefs about fairness can keep two otherwise identical …