Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are significantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …

Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are significantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …

-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. …

We endow individuals that differ in skill levels and tastes for working with altruistic preferences for redistribution … the lazy, we show that lower levels of redistribution emerge in political equilibrium. We provide empirical evidence …, based on the ISSP 1992 dataset, that preferences for redistribution are not purely selfish and that desert …

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 …

a model of rational voting over redistribution where individual attitudes toward others are endogenously determined …. Attitudes toward others influence the desired extent of redistribution. There are multiple politico-economic equilibria. In one … majority vote for high redistribution. In the other equilibrium, highly skilled workers work above the mean and are admired by …