government ideology and elections influence outcomes (income inequality and budget consolidation) and political processes (fiscal …

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. …

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 …

for the Conservative Party. As far as tolerance for high incomes is related to tolerance of inequality, our results may …

blocks of lifetime disparities. We look at lifetime inequality and the redistribution properties of taxes and benefits using …In this paper we look at lifetime inequality to address two main questions: How well does a modern tax system, based on … annual information, target lifetime inequality? What aspects of the tranfser system are most progressive from a lifetime …

), incorporates social occupations in the lab society, and allows for (voluntary) redistribution among subjects. The results show that …, regardless of (non-)random assignment to social jobs and the level of income inequality, individuals in social jobs are only …

We solve the problem of a social planner who seeks to minimize inequality via transfers with a fixed public budget in a …

In this paper we want to provide an utopian attempt to tackle inequality and to tackle, most specifically, what we … consider the cultural and ethical origin of inequality: paid work. We believe that a globalised world, structured around the … the UK. Our main findings suggest that UII has a positive effect on inequality an almost null effect on poverty and strong …