This paper examines support for reducing inequality and for income redistribution to specific groups in Europe and … than in 2006 in transition countries. Support for redistribution toward specific groups is highest for the disabled and the … state group of transition countries. Regarding redistribution to specific groups, self-interest appears to be an important …

countries comprising 97 percent of the world's population, this paper simulates a set of scenarios for global poverty from 2018 …

the Caribbean. Two are based on secondary sources: All the Ginis and the World Income Inequality Database; and one is … generated entirely through multiple-imputation methods: the Standardized World Income Inequality Database. Although there is …

Inequality between world citizens in mid-19th century was such that at least a half of it could be explained by income …

such empirical heterogeneity. Using a very large sample of world citizens, the author tests the consistency of income …

Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a central … younger and older parties, older left-wing parties are more likely to internalize the long-run costs of redistribution and to … be more credible in their commitment to redistribution, leading them to redistribute less. With entirely different data …