inequality can have on preferences for redistribution, political participation, and policy responsiveness. It finds that the …Abstract Income inequality is viewed as one of the greatest challenges facing democracies today. Democracy is … predicated on the ideal of equality, but political inequality occurs when the preferences of some are systematically afforded …

heterogeneity on the one hand and measures of inequality and redistribution on the other, using state‐level US data. Design …/methodology/approach – The relationship between ethnic/religious heterogeneity and inequality/redistribution is estimated, first, with ordinary … least squares (OLS) and then with generalized method of moments (GMM). The principal explanatory variables for inequality …

inequality and intergenerational mobility (such as the “Great Gatsby Curve” by Alan Krueger) and to propose entrepreneurship as … critical examination of evidences marshalled to support the case for a negative relationship between inequality and mobility …. Findings – The putative negative relationship between inequality and mobility is not supported by evidence. The result is …

outcomes that favor the incomes of the poor and middle class. There is also evidence that redistribution takes place from rich … institutions by providing empirical evidence on the relationship between institutions and inequality.  …

lifetime problem where a given operational duration must be reached. …

Purpose – This paper aims to illustrate the trends of income growth and income inequality and examines the dynamics and … dynamic panel data model. Findings – The study obtained important findings on income mobility and income inequality in rural … China. First, annual income inequality in rural China was smoothed during this period after a decline from 2003, with the …

their optimization process. As a consequence, redistribution is generally lower than what the median voter theorem predicts …. Moreover, in contrast with what most literature takes for granted, an increase in inequality does not unambiguously increase … redistribution. This is consistent with most empirical research in this field. Finally, an increase in the cost of information …