How does a redistribution of trade gains affect welfare when income inequality matters? To answer this question, we … extend the [1] model to unionized labor markets and heterogeneous workers. As redistribution schemes, we consider … redistribution scheme is to finance unemployment benefits by a wage tax. …

fact become a very weak one. For what it matters, targeting tends to be associated with higher levels of redistribution …

This paper uses a laboratory experiment to explore individuals' motivations for redistribution. The laboratory results … show that as income uncertainty diminishes, participants become more extreme in their preferences for redistribution. The … findings suggest that for most people, the motivation for redistribution is financial self-interest - namely as insurance …

welcome more immigrants. On theoretical grounds, the relationship between immigration and support for redistribution is … ambiguous. Immigration may increase ethnic diversity, which may reduce the support for redistribution. On the other hand …, natives may demand more redistribution as an insurance against labour market risks brought by immigration. In this chapter, we …

towards redistribution than non-migrants. However, differences between migrants' and non-migrants' redistributive preferences …

the effect on income redistribution of proportional taxes and income sources exempt from taxation such as tax-free cash …