Lupu and Pontusson (2011) argue that the structure of income inequality, rather than its level, can explain differences … in fiscal redistribution across modern welfare states. Contrary to the assertion that there is robust evidence in support … are a function of relative income differentials. It makes three central claims: (a) skew in the earnings distribution, the …

, education). Based on these results, we design a laboratory experiment that mimics actual income distributions (Germany, USA …), incorporates social occupations in the lab society, and allows for (voluntary) redistribution among subjects. The results show that …, regardless of (non-)random assignment to social jobs and the level of income inequality, individuals in social jobs are only …

ensuing wage inequality. We consider several instruments of economic policy: a wage tax to redistribute income between skilled …

redistribution kept the gap in disposable income between those same households roughly constant, while also closing the gap between …We study earnings and income inequality in Britain over the 25 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on the … middle 90% of the income distribution, within which the gap between top and bottom in 2019-20 was essentially the same as a …