fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method allowing us to … inequality by increasing the income share of the top 20% in contrast to the middle class' share. The tax policy effect accounts … for up to 29% of the total change in inequality; its contribution increases up to 41% if we take into account behavioral …

), 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 …

extent of redistribution. In this setting, trade liberalization is politically viable as long as the losers from trade are … may be limited political support for redistribution, and those who are left behind by globalization - namely unskilled … - by favoring the ascent of the educated class and thus eroding the political support for redistribution - may ultimately …

This paper develops a simulation model in order to examine the effectiveness of state attempts at redistribution under …-level redistribution are substantial, but state action may still be preferred to a federal policy that is at odds with preferences of a … state pursuing additional redistribution, but not a cost at the national level. -- fiscal federalism ; income redistribution …

tax ; wealth ; inequality ; redistribution …

margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …We analyze to which extent social inequality aversion differs across nations when control- ling for actual country … supply elasticities across countries. However, this changes the cross-country ranking in inequality aversion compared to …

In a number of high-income countries over the past few decades there has been a large growth in income inequality and … an appropriate response to rising inequality is a shift towards a more progressive multi-bracket income tax system, with …

political redistribution in each country. In West Germany the homo oeconomicus effect, the social rivalry effect and the public …