Conflicts of interest over the generosity and structure of redistribution and social insurance (jointly: social policy … redistribution increases in the income skew - and that between the safely employed and the unemployed or precariously employed - in … (redistribution/social-insurance), and political participation. This paper represents an attempt to elaborate the nature of these …

The relationship between income and voting is usually studied using current income. Instead, I estimate how permanent … income affects voting and to what extent voters are forward looking. A proxy for permanent income is constructed from stated … stated expectations on realized future income to compute the effect of expectations. This is then linked to voting behaviour …

Rightleaning voting and political preferences: given their own social status, the upwardly-mobile are therefore more Left-wing. We …

redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …

redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …

We experimentally study the disincentive effect of taxing work and redistributing tax revenues when redistribution is … substantially smaller when redistribution is chosen in a vote than when it is imposed. Redistribution seems to be more legitimate …

economic inequality affects voting and other forms of political participation. This evidence is largely driven by advanced …. In line with prior theoretical expectations, we find a negative association between inequality and voting for the …

informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters …

informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters …

informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters …