appears to have caused a high degree of economic inequality, and democratization in the form of franchise expansion has … typically led to an expansion in redistribution, at least in the small sample of episodes studied. Similarly, and more … between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …

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 …

interpersonal inequality, high capital-income ratio and high capital share of income in the past fundamentally different from the … study how homoploutia is related to total income inequality. We find that rising homoploutia accounts for about 20% of the … increase in total income inequality in the United States since 1986. …