The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than … argued that unequal societies may spend less on redistribution because of capital market imperfections. Based on different … redistribution …

-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not … result in weaker political preferences for redistribution …

This paper offers a detailed discussion of fiscal redistribution in developed countries, employing data that have been … redistribution but also to explore whether redistribution has been achieved primarily through taxes or transfers; to determine … of working age; and to explore trends in redistribution between the late 1970s and early 2000s. The paper concludes by …

-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not … result in weaker political preferences for redistribution …

The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than … argued that unequal societies may spend less on redistribution because of capital market imperfections. Based on different … redistribution …