by an increasing income inequality, we Önd that the middle class declined and income polarization increased. In the …

Different concepts of inequality lead to different positions in discussions about whether economic growth leads to … increasing inequality. This study investigates how over 1,100 young adults in Mozambique perceive inequality and whether their … believe that inequality in their neighbourhood is too high and that circumstances beyond their control explain why some people …

Government redistribution is increasingly important in today's world. The effect of income distribution on … industrialization and growth, and the causes of income redistribution have been studied in the contemporary literature. The normative … significance of income redistribution, however, which is the focus of this paper, has been rarely studied. In this paper we analyze …

In most welfare analyses, especially in the literature on normative inequality measurement, it is a commonplace to …

We study the political economy of redistribution over a broad class of decision rules. Since the core is generically … full income profile, and in particular, on the preferences of two decisive voters. The effect of increasing inequality on … redistribution depends on the decision rule and the shape of the income distribution; redistribution will increase if both decisive …

The two main political parties in the United States put forth policies on redistribution and on issues pertaining … two mechanisms through which racism among American voters decreases the degree of redistribution that would otherwise … obtain. Many authors have suggested that voter racism decreases the degree of redistribution due to an anti-solidarity effect …

and inequality. Finally, from the point of view of labor markets, by aiming to reduce perceived tax-wedges. This could be …