support high level of redistribution because they hope to be rich in the future). We consider a setting where individuals … gender. We find that the POUM effect could increase or decrease the support for redistribution depending on the parameters of …

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …

inequality generated in the market? In order to answer these questions, we need to be equipped with adequate measures of … redistribution. Current measures employed in the sociology and politics of redistribution are seriously flawed. This paper elaborates … redistribution as a micro-level income mobility process, and develops an index to measure it. Using data from the Luxembourg Income …

increase in the payoff to this education) implies increasing within generation inequality and, by reinforcing already existent …

In this paper, preferences for income redistribution in Switzerland are elicited through a Discrete Choice Experiment … (DCE) performed in 2008. In addition to the amount of redistribution as a share of GDP, attributes also included its uses … (Swiss, Western European, others). Willingness to pay for redistribution increases with income and education, contradicting …

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over … possible rationale for recent inequality developments. …

Concerns about widening inequality have increased attention on the topic of equality of opportunities and …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the … of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …