This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive … relationship between globalization and inequality in the transition countries including China and most countries of Middle and …

This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive … relationship between globalization and inequality in the transition countries including China and most countries of Middle and …

this paper discusses the dramatic increase in earnings and income inequality since the 1970s, about the time when … greater and greater economic inequality. Finally, this paper offers a few recommendations about how our government can promote …

agents and a welfare state redistributing income. The redistribution scheme is financed by a progressive income tax and gives … capita but also to higher income inequality on two fronts. Inter-group inequality between managers and workers increases, and … intra-group inequality within the group of managers goes up as well. We show that for constant tax rates, there is an …

Meltzer and Richard (1981), higher initial inequality levels do not correlate positively with redistribution. I conduct a … misperceptions slightly shifts the demand towards less redistribution in Germany and Russia which appears to be driven by respondents … redistribution across countries. The treatment also alters trust levels in government and beliefs about the importance of luck but …

Meltzer and Richard (1981), higher initial inequality levels do not correlate positively with redistribution. I conduct a … misperceptions slightly shifts the demand towards less redistribution in Germany and Russia which appears to be driven by respondents … redistribution across countries. The treatment also alters trust levels in government and beliefs about the importance of luck but …

inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization …Since Aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Higher … how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distribution. Using a variety of large …

less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility …

This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries …, including 20 Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a … younger and older parties, older left-wing parties are more likely to internalize the long-run costs of redistribution and to …