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 …

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

first place may be further convinced that inequality is not a major issue and redistribution need not be a policy goal. All …Credit affects individuals' perceptions and experiences of inequality. Having access to credit enables those in lower …, thereby taking the edge off discontent. Citizens with higher incomes who tend to be less supportive of redistribution in the …

The extent of taxation and redistribution Policy is generally determined as a political-economy equilibrium by a … burden and less redistribution than would be the case with no immigration, even though migrants (naturally) join the pro …

inequality in total consumption expenditure by different sources (food, education, health, durable goods and other items … consumption over 1993-94 to 2009-10, thus contributing to the observed rise in consumption inequality in India. Except for the … expenditure on food items, inequality contributions of expenditures on all other heads including education, health, durable goods …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth and inequality of household income in the Philippines, focusing on … paper introduces a methodology that shows a direct linkage between growth and inequality in income, and labor market …

social mobility and inequality, among other important dimensions of income distribution that are jointly determined. The …

This paper has two main goals. The first is to complement the Argentine mean income series with inequality estimates in … inequality indices are calculated from the Permanent Household Survey (EPH). Household income from the survey is adjusted for … changes in inequality and welfare measures. Bootstrapping techniques are used to that aim. One of the main conclusions is that …