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The Social Contract with Endogenous Sentiments
Cervellati, Matteo; Esteban, Joan; Kranich, Laurence - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper we present a model of rational voting over redistribution where individual selfesteem and relative esteem … standard and decreasing their esteem for those who work less. The desired extent of redistribution depends both on individual … particular type. Under these conditions equilibrium redistribution increases in response to larger inequality. In a “clustered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703141
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Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015491
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Why Praise Inequality? Public Good Provision, Income Distribution and Social Welfare
Dasgupta, Indraneel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
redistribution from the rich to the poor will improve social welfare, regardless of how small inequality is in the status quo. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822299
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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999931
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The Welfare State and Anti-Poverty Policy in Rich Countries
Marx, Ive; Nolan, Brian; Olivera, Javier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper is prepared as a chapter for the Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2 (edited by A. B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon, Elsevier-North Holland, forthcoming). Like the other chapters in the volume (and its predecessor), the aim is to provide a comprehensive review of a particular area...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764623
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Incentives and Prosocial Behavior
Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns for social reputation or self-respect. Rewards or punishments (whether material or image-related) create doubt about the true motive for which good deeds are performed and this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703171
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Laws and Norms
Benabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences ("values"), material or other explicit incentives ("laws") and social sanctions or rewards ("norms"). It first examines how honor, stigma and social norms arise from individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646323
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Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764612
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The Link between the Intrinsic Motivation to Comply and Compliance Behavior: A Critical Appraisal of Existing Evidence
Halla, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Recent economic literature emphasizes the importance of moral considerations to explain compliance behavior with respect to underground activities such as tax evasion. A considerable amount of research aims to identify factors that affect the intrinsic motivation to comply. However, the causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568270
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Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?
Tausch, Franziska; Potters, Jan; Riedl, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Redistribution is an inevitable feature of collective pension schemes and economic experiments have revealed that most … people have a preference for redistribution that is not merely inspired by self-interest. Interestingly, little is known on … evidence on preferences for redistribution and suggest some links to redistribution through pensions. For that purpose we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548714