In a rare example of an explicit national goal for income distribution besides reducing poverty, China's leadership has … recently committed to expanding the middle-income share--moving to a less polarized "olive-shaped" distribution. Recognizing … the potential trade-offs, the paper asks whether China's experience indicates that income-polarization was a by-product of …

In a rare example of a national goal for income distribution besides reducing poverty (for which there is broad … consensus), China’s leadership has recently committed to expanding the middle-income share—striving for a less polarized “olive …-shaped” distribution. Recognizing the potential trade-offs, we ask whether rising income-polarization in China was a by-product of past …

In a rare example of a national goal for income distribution besides reducing poverty (for which there is broad … consensus), China’s leadership has recently committed to expanding the middle-income share—striving for a less polarized “olive …-shaped” distribution. Recognizing the potential trade-offs, we ask whether rising income-polarization in China was a by-product of past …

Public action to prevent crime is often driven by concerns about public safety. But what generatesthose concerns ? Is … it crime, or something else ? Using survey data for Brazil, we find that thedesire for greater public safety has a … positive own-income effect, but a negative neighborhood-income effect; living in a poor area increases concern for public …