This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive … relationship between globalization and inequality in the transition countries including China and most countries of Middle and …

explicit income targeting. We find that with a few exceptions the impact of tax allowances and tax credits on inequality is …

inequality is small. Tax credits are generally more progressive than tax allowances. The design of the allowances/credits appears …

Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The … experiments on preferences for redistribution conducted in the U.S. and several European countries to disentangle these potential …

This paper examines the effects of a unilateral reform of the redistribution policy in an economy open to international … real income in the reforming country, while income inequality is reduced to a larger extent for sufficiently small initial …-reforming trading partner, the unilateral redistribution policy reform resembles a unilateral increase in trade costs leading to a …

We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how demand for redistribution of income depends on self-interest, insurance … motives, and social concerns relating to inequality and efficiency. Our choice environments feature large groups of subjects … and real world framing, and differ with respect to the source of inequality (earned or arbitrary), the cost of taxation to …

redistribution. Although they are in most cases strongly progressive, the low redistributive effect is mainly due to their small size …

lifetime income in family dynasties. Using rich Norwegian administrative data, we describe how a lifetime-dynastic income …

, the effectiveness of the electricity tariff as a redistribution device is questionable in the presence of a progressive … model predicts that electricity prices should be subsidised in the presence of purely income redistribution concerns, we … conservation as well as income redistribution. …