inequality faced by most countries. The question studied in this paper is: How do international policies on aid, trade, and … terms of changes in standard inequality measures, it is of some importance for the lowest decile of the world's income … with extending this analysis of redistribution to other forms of international factor flows-more specifically, migrant …

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 …

Colombia has the seventh highest Gini coefficient of income inequality in the world. The Santos Administration is aware … OECD, which exhibits much lower income disparities, mainly as a result of effective policies of fiscal redistribution. In … income inequality, Colombian policy makers could consider introducing a more progressive tax-transfer system. This paper …

This paper investigates the link between inequality and demand for redistribution by looking at how individuals form … their perceptions of inequality. Most of the literature analyzing demand for redistribution has focused on objective … inequality, rather than subjective perceptions of inequality. However, a model that links demand for redistribution to subjective …

It is acknowledged that the lack of any systematic link between growth and income inequality does not necessarily mean … devised to decompose the redistributive effect of a tax to analyze the extent to which vertical redistribution associated with … changing incomes over time is offset or reinforced by horizontal redistribution and re-ranking. He uses panel data from China …

In the 2000s, global inequality fell for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, driven by a decline in the … distributions, while the poorer deciles in rich countries lagged behind. Although within-country inequality increased in population …-weighted terms, for the average developing country the rise in inequality slowed down in the second half of the 2000s. However, like …

transfers, indirect subsidies, and in-kind transfers) on the level of poverty and inequality in Uganda, using the …-kind transfers, are the biggest contributors to reducing inequality. Although equalizing, fiscal policy is poverty-inducing in Uganda … resources to increase the size and coverage of pro-poor direct transfers programs may alleviate poverty and reduce inequality …