Dynamic political economy of redistribution policy: the role of education costs

This paper focuses on how education costs affect the political determination of redistribution policy via individual decision making on education. For cases of high costs, there are multiple equilibria: the poor-majority equilibrium featured by the minority of highly educated individuals and a high level of redistribution, and the rich-majority equilibrium featured by the majority of highly educated individuals and a low level of redistribution. For cases of low costs, there is a unique rich-majority equilibrium featured by the majority of highly educated individuals and a high level of redistribution.