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Conflicts of interest over the generosity and structure of redistribution and social insurance (jointly: social policy … redistribution increases in the income skew - and that between the safely employed and the unemployed or precariously employed - in … (redistribution/social-insurance), and political participation. This paper represents an attempt to elaborate the nature of these …
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redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …
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redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …
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economic inequality affects voting and other forms of political participation. This evidence is largely driven by advanced …. In line with prior theoretical expectations, we find a negative association between inequality and voting for the …
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Although voter turnout in the 2013 general election to the German Bundestag differed considerably across income brackets, the income distribution of voters did not differ, in a statistically significant way, from that of the entire population. The non-uniform turnout, thus, is unlikely to affect...
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and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …
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his paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reasonable assumptions, the baseline model produces an …, redistribution is from rich to poor. Increasing inequality increases redistribution. However, under diŽerent assumptions about the … economic environment, redistribution may not be simply rich to poor, and inequality need not increase redistribution. Several …
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The link between income inequality and governmental redistribution is still subject to intense research and debate … this paper is to review the existing literature on inequality and redistribution, to explicate the theoretical causal … find robust evidence that income inequality affects redistribution. However, the precise degree of this relationship …
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The link between income inequality and governmental redistribution is still subject to intense research and debate … this paper is to review the existing literature on inequality and redistribution, to explicate the theoretical causal … find robust evidence that income inequality affects redistribution. However, the precise degree of this relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003749046
and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes - though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …
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