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. …

This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries … taxes promoted the progressivity of the tax system and contributed to the reduction of inequality. Yet, the effectiveness of …

deal with vertical inequality - that is, fostering redistribution from the rich to the poor - less is known about their … performance in dealing with horizontal inequality, that is, in redistributing among socio-economic groups. In a context where … individuals may not only care about vertical redistribution, but also about the economic situation of the specific groups they …

Thirty years after the "Washington Consensus", is there a new policy consensus that addresses the problem of inequality … surprisingly, on what the actual levels of income inequality are, and there are common misperceptions about their trends. In policy …

The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed … tool for fighting wealth inequality without having distorting effects for the economy. For this purpose, the distributional …

for redistribution. We leverage a quasi-experiment in Finland, where every year on the so-called tax day, the authorities … earnings of the top 10% are unfair, but that public support for redistribution remains largely unaffected. A notable exception … are top earners, who decrease their support for redistribution, and young people, who increase their support for …

This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries … taxes promoted the progressivity of the tax system and contributed to the reduction of inequality. Yet, the effectiveness of …