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 …

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. …

), 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 …

real sector; (2) transfer income from the real sector to the financial sector; and (3) increase income inequality and …

card and auto loans. Using panel data from all States, this paper attempts to empirically predict if income inequality is … affected by student loans. Statistical analysis points towards student loan exacerbating income inequality. Other variables … such as private college tuition and household poverty have a highly significant negative effect on income inequality. The …

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

This paper examines the impact of partisanship on growing inequality in the United States from 1977 to 2014. Drawing on … path of that redistribution. There was no statistically significant association between party control of either branch of … government and the path of redistribution of national income on a pre-tax basis, suggesting that economic factors drove pre …

redistribution and a modest effect of two year led inequality …