There is confusion in the literature concerning the relationship between income inequality and redistribution in a … same characteristic. This is shown by addressing information about redistribution in an international context from a number … countries, we show that the answer to the question "does more income inequality generate more redistribution"? depends on how …

There is confusion in the literature concerning the relationship between income inequality and redistribution in a … same characteristic. This is shown by addressing information about redistribution in an international context from a number … countries, we show that the answer to the question 'does more income inequality generate more redistribution?' depends on how …

redistribution when each country's tax schedule is applied to its pre-tax income distribution. However, we believe that what most … implies applying each tax schedule to all pre-tax income distributions and compare redistribution for all possible … obtained using standard measures of redistribution. …

Empirical findings on the relationship between income inequality and redistribution from a cross-country perspective … are not conclusive. One reason may be that observers have in mind different concepts of redistribution. A major factor is … at all) by different measures of redistribution. The ambiguities can be resolved by applying the "transplant …