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. …

When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … that the U-shaped inequality trend over the past century holds up, but with important qualifications. Using measures that …-term income inequality trends. …

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

shown that the policy recommendations would be different if only the study of inequality had been considered, since the net … income gains of the current system offset the possible improvements in inequality of the simulated alternatives. Our results …

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