than the UK or USA (Mendolia and Siminski, 2016), status persistence for surnames is as high as that in England or the USA …

are low. Despite evidence on conventional measures that Australia has higher rates of social mobility than the UK or USA …, status persistence for surnames is as high as that in England or the USA. …

In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution, and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail …: democracy does not lead to a uniform decline in post-tax inequality, but can result in changes in fiscal redistribution and …