We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure … voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged. …

We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure … voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged …

inequality amplifies the negative income gradient, and that the rich are no more empathetic towards children than they are …

inequality through a real-world policy, rather than experimental treatments, may trigger only marginal changes in support for …

In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve … along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form with reduced social concern amplifying primal increases in inequality due to …

Previous literature demonstrates that beliefs about the determinants of income inequality play a major role in … versus luck determines income inequality. Specifically, I examine whether people form self-serving beliefs to justify … income inequality to work when they receive a high income and to luck when they receive a low income and (2) their beliefs …

In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve … along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form with reduced social concern amplifying primal increases in inequality due to …

with two donors, Cobb-Douglas preferences, and complete information to investigate how income inequality affects the … simultaneous and sequential moves, even if they have different preferences towards a public good. Second, as income inequality …

We study how the distribution of income among members of society, and income inequality in particular, affects social … income, and decreases (increases) with income inequality if and only if environmental goods and manufactured goods are … income inequality. We derive adjustment factors for benefit transfer to control for differences in income distributions …