Boustan, Leah; Ferreira, Fernando; Winkler, Hernan; … - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 4, pp. 1291-1302
The income distribution in many developed countries widened dramatically from 1970 to 2000. Some scholars argue that income inequality contributes to a host of social ills by undermining voters' willingness to support public expenditures. In contrast, we find that growing income inequality is...