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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 …

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Who compares to whom? The anatomy of income comparisons in Europe

Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - 2009

redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income …

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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 …

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Why praise inequality? Public good provision, income distribution and social welfare

Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2009

redistribution from the rich to the poor will improve social welfare, regardless of how small inequality is in the status quo. …

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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. …

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Top Incomes in Germany, 1871-2014

Bartels, Charlotte - 2018

This study provides new evidence on top income shares in Germany from the period of industrialization to the present. Income concentration was high in the nineteenth century, dropped sharply after World War I and during the hyperinflation years of the 1920s, and increased rapidly throughout the...

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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 G. - 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...

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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

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The Distribution of Social Capital across Individuals and its Relationship to Income

Corinth, Kevin; O'Rourke, Thomas; Winship, Scott - 2024

There have been several attempts to measure social capital—the value inhering in relationships—at an aggregate level, but researchers lack comprehensive individual-level social capital measures. Using a combination of direct linkage and imputation across several nationally representative...

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The Behavioral, Economic, and Political Impact of the Internet and Social Media: Empirical Challenges and Approaches

Sabatini, Fabio - 2023

This paper presents a review of empirical methods used to assess the behavioral, economic, and political outcomes of Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods adopted to identify these impacts. We describe two main...

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