We endow individuals that differ in skill levels and tastes for working with altruistic preferences for redistribution … in a voting model where a unidimensional redistributive parameter is chosen by majority voting in a direct democracy … the lazy, we show that lower levels of redistribution emerge in political equilibrium. We provide empirical evidence …

This paper analyses the effects of the recent Economic Crisis on individual preferences for redistribution in 23 … highly significant in increasing support for redistribution. It is found that more unemployment and, in particular, youth … unemployment has considerably raised the citizens’ demand for redistribution. …

Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are sig- nificantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …

-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not … result in weaker political preferences for redistribution. …

Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are significantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …

redistribution within their group. …

redistribution to finance abatement. By comparing the optimal taxation under alternative political regimes we analyze their … implications for environment, efficiency and growth. We find that left regimes, choosing more progressive redistribution, maintain …, and it dampens the effect of democracy imperfections on redistribution. …

This paper analyses the determinants of preferences for redistribution in a pool of 33 European countries over the … period 2002-2010. We find that income inequality affects positively the individual demand for redistribution and that the … actual level of redistribution implemented in the country decreases the support for more redistribution. Furthermore, a fixed …