This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth, inequality and redistribution. In a cross-country setting … for 25 EU countries over the period 2007-2019, we show that market income inequality is associated with higher growth in …

Research on the consequences of income inequality on subjective well-being has yielded mixed results, including a lack … differentiate between perceived and actual income inequality. Perceptions of inequality matter because individuals often do not know … the actual level of inequality in their country. Leveraging data from the 2016 Life in Transition Survey, which includes …

We study the relationship between inequality and social instability. While the argument that inequality can be damaging … causal relationship running from inequality to social instability. We run a laboratory experiment in which two groups … interact repeatedly and have an incentive to coordinate even though coordination comes at the cost of inter-group inequality …