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It is well-known that the wealthier are more likely to have Right-leaning political preferences. We here in addition consider the role of the individual's starting position, and in particular their upward social mobility relative to their parents. In 18 waves of UK panel data, both own and...
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This paper analyzes the extent to which intergenerational upward and downward mobility in earnings are related to individuals' preferences for redistribution. A novel survey question from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study - whether the taxes paid by unskilled workers are too high, adequate...
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inequality in different ways and their demand for redistribution substantially depends on the subjective and not on the objective … income position. Concerning perception of changes in inequality, we found that the more people feel that inequalities are …
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pattern of income distribution and local versus social spillovers ratio under which inequality and segregation persist in the … whymore inequality can be associated with less, rather than more, redistributive taxation. Our framework displays multiple …
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This paper analyzes the extent to which intergenerational upward and downward mobility in earnings are related to individuals' preferences for redistribution. A novel survey question from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study - whether the taxes paid by unskilled workers are too high, adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681426
This paper analyzes the extent to which intergenerational upward and downward mobility in earnings are related to individuals' preferences for redistribution. A novel survey question from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study — whether the taxes paid by unskilled workers are too high, adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096828
Meltzer and Richard (1981) state that democracy will boost redistribution of income from the rich to the poor. Given that the median voter is poorer than the average-income voter, a majority of voters will vote for redistribution. However, the positive relationship between democracy and...
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This paper explores the perceptions of inequality and their associations with social mobility exploiting the ISSP and … more tolerant to income inequality than a less mobile and segmented one? The intuitive answer seems to be an obvious “yes …
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, growth and social mobility than under political regimes supported by the rich; pre-tax inequality is greater in the former …
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lifetime earnings inequality. This paper investigates to what extent such policies accomplish their objectives. A quantitative … theory of intergenerational mobility and lifetime earnings inequality is developed and parameterized to match selected … earnings mobility. Moreover, policies that reduce the private costs of education fail to reduce lifetime earnings inequality …
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