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Democratic redistribution and rule of the majority
Corneo, Giacomo; Neher, Frank - 2015
Does redistribution in democracies cater to the will of the majority? We propose a direct empirical strategy based on survey data that needs not assume that voters are guided by pecuniary motives alone. We find that most democracies implement the median voter's preferred amount of redistribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350837
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Democratic redistribution and rule of the majority
Corneo, Giacomo; Neher, Frank - 2015
Does redistribution in democracies cater to the will of the majority? We propose a direct empirical strategy based on survey data that needs not assume that voters are guided by pecuniary motives alone. We find that most democracies implement the median voter's preferred amount of redistribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307797
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Erbschaft und Eigenleistung im Vermögen der Deutschen : eine Verteilungsanalyse
Corneo, Giacomo; Bönke, Timm; Westermeier, Christian - 2016
Wir gehen der Frage nach, ob die gegenwärtige Vermögensungleichheit in Deutschland auf eine Dominanz von Erbschaften im oberen Bereich der Verteilung zurückzuführen ist. Auf Basis von Daten der Deutschen Bundesbank zeigt sich, dass die Vermögen der Deutschen zu etwa zwei Dritteln auf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891661
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Democratic Redistribution and Rule of the Majority
Corneo, Giacomo; Neher, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Does redistribution in democracies cater to the will of the majority? We propose and apply a simple empirical strategy based on survey data to address that longstanding issue. Differently from previous evaluations of the median-voter theory, ours does not assume that voters are guided by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084276
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Nationalism, cognitive ability, and interpersonal relations
Corneo, Giacomo - 2010
Interpersonal relations are shaped by the judgements associated with the social categories that individuals perceive in their social contacts. I develop a model of how those judgments form based on a theory of symbolic values. The model depicts the interaction between two values, one associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300712
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Stakeholding as a new development strategy for Saudi Arabia
Corneo, Giacomo - 2010
The transition from an oil-based to a knowledge-based economy requires that the Saudi population dramatically increases its level of human capital. This paper argues that noncognitive skills may be a bottleneck in the formation of human capital and proposes a policy to indirectly strengthen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303821
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Income Inequality and Self-Reported Values
Corneo, Giacomo; Neher, Frank - 2012
This paper offers a comprehensive econometric investigation of the impact of income inequality on the values endorsed … robust effects from inequality on values are detected. However, there is evidence that a more unequal income distribution … strengthens the work ethic of the population. Thus, income inequality seems to generate work incentives not only via the pecuniary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333727
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Work Norms, Social Insurance and the Allocation of Talent
Corneo, Giacomo - 2013
This paper challanges the view that weak work norms in generous welfare states makes them economically unsustainable. I develop a dynamic model of family-transmitted values that has a laissez-faire equilibrium with strong work norms coexisting with a social-insurance equilibrium with weak work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333742
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Symbolic values, value formation and interpersonal relations
Corneo, Giacomo - 2009
Interpersonal relations are shaped by the judgements associated with the social categories that individuals perceive in their social contacts. I develop a model of how those judgments form based on a theory of symbolic values. The model depicts the interaction between two values, one associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272756
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Work norms, social insurance and the allocation of talent
Corneo, Giacomo - 2013
This paper challanges the view that weak work norms in generous welfare states makes them economically unsustainable. I develop a dynamic model of family-transmitted values that has a laissez-faire equilibrium with strong work norms coexisting with a social-insurance equilibrium with weak work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319357