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Worker retraining and transfer payments : the political economy of social protection
Jain, Sanjay - 2017
redistribution and retraining - that arguably characterize many reform packages. We analyse the interaction of compensatory …. Conversely, it may be possible for an economic reform to win political support in the absence of compensatory redistribution … redistribution and retraining programmes, and demonstrate that the provision of redistributive programmes might distort incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611222
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Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries
Dodlova, Marina; Giolbas, Anna - 2017
The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model … that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher … inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. Using the new data on Non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596960
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Politically sustainable probabilistic minority targeting
De Donder, Philippe; Peluso, Eugenio - 2014
We show that a transfer targeting a minority of the population is sustained by majority voting, however small the minority targeted, when the probability to receive the transfer is decreasing and concave in income. We apply our framework to the French social housing program and obtain that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010384383
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Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials
Kerr, William - 2012
-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not … result in weaker political preferences for redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112981
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Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials
Kerr, William - 2016
-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not … result in weaker political preferences for redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006909
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Politically Sustainable Probabilistic Minority Targeting
De Donder, Philippe - 2014
We show that a transfer targeting a minority of the population is sustained by majority voting, however small the minority targeted, when the probability to receive the transfer is decreasing and concave in income. We apply our framework to the French social housing program and obtain that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048895
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Regime Type, Inequality, and Redistributive Transfers in Developing Countries
Dodlova, Marina - 2015
The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution in a country is still ongoing. We … construct a model that predicts a higher probability of redistribution in democracies than in autocracies. Further, with higher … initial inequality, there should be more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. We test these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021554
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Redistribution, inequality and political participation : evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisis
Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2016
This paper explores the relationship between a large government cash transfer programme, changes in inequality, and political participation in Mexico. The results show that increases in the coverage of the programme during the 2008 financial crisis resulted in greater individual participation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568213
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Divided we reform? : evidence from US welfare policies
Bernecker, Andreas - 2014
regressions show that under divided government a US state is around 25% more likely to adopt a welfare reform than under unified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229882
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Divided We Reform? Evidence from US Welfare Policies
Bernecker, Andreas - 2021
regressions show that under divided government a US state is around 25% more likely to adopt a welfare reform than under unified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315641