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Does redistribution in democracies cater to the will of the majority? We propose a direct empirical strategy based on … the median voter's preferred amount of redistribution and the probability to serve the median voter increases with the … redistribution. Political absenteeism of the poor cannot explain such outcomes. Rather, they can be explained by the electoral …
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If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …
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inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary … inequality-growth transmission channel they propose, must therefore be assessed as overly simplistic and inadequate with respect …
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according to which (1) rising inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed …, as well as the specific inequality-growth transmission channel they propose, must therefore be assessed as overly …
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We provide a concise introduction to a household-panel data infrastructure that provides the international research community with longitudinal data of private households in Germany since 1984: the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We demonstrate the comparative strength of the SOEP data in...
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This document presents and discusses an extensive set of statistics aimed at characterizing the degree of economic polarisation in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. The study is based on a dataset of household surveys from 21 LAC countries in the period 1989-2004. Latin America...
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This paper presents and analyzes a group of statistics which characterize the level and evolution of the labor income polarization in Greater Buenos Aires over the past two decades (1986-2006). The empirical evidence reveals two stages throughout those years: the first one distinguished by an...
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Different concepts of inequality lead to different positions in discussions about whether economic growth leads to … increasing inequality. This study investigates how over 1,100 young adults in Mozambique perceive inequality and whether their … believe that inequality in their neighbourhood is too high and that circumstances beyond their control explain why some people …
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and inequality. Finally, from the point of view of labor markets, by aiming to reduce perceived tax-wedges. This could be …
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