impact of inflation has an ambiguous path over the period, yet a large concentration of welfare losses is found in the period …

In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve … along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form with reduced social concern amplifying primal increases in inequality due to …

This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the … poverty reducing as the one in force (or more in some dimensions), and a generator of greater welfare. …

variables over the period 1970 to 2013. For the baseline simulation, the welfare gain for capital owners is 3.7% of per …-period consumption while workers suffer a welfare loss of 1.4%. Using counterfactual simulations, we find that both groups could have …

We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and … uncertainty, we predict that high levels of perceived fairness cause higher levels of individual welfare, and lower support for … income redistribution. Income inequality is predicted to have a more favorable impact on subjective well-being for …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …

surprised public economists, given the spike in inequality – masks a divergence across parties. I then demonstrate that the … widening divide owes to preferences sorting rather than strengthening. Next, I return to survey experiments on the elasticity …

labour markets. Moreover, the paper highlights the knowledge gaps with regard to the longer-term and gender-specific welfare …

We empirically analyze the relationship between income inequality and individual preferences for public redistribution …, focusing on intra-household income inequality between spouses. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find that … both one's own earned income and earned intra-household income inequality are significantly negatively related to …