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Income redistribution going awry : the reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation
Sorger, Gerhard; Stark, Oded - 2012
We demonstrate that a rank-preserving transfer from a richer individual to a poorer individual can exacerbate income inequality (when inequality is measured by the Gini coefficient). This happens when individuals' preferences depend negatively not only on work time (effort) but also on low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009680434
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Income redistribution going awry : the reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation
Stark, Oded; Sorger, Gerhard - 2012
We demonstrate that a rank-preserving transfer from a richer individual to a poorer individual can exacerbate income inequality (when inequality is measured by the Gini coefficient). This happens when individuals' preferences depend negatively not only on work time (effort) but also on low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681018
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Social democracy and distributive conflict in the UK, 1950-2010
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Mohun, Simon; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013 - This version: 6 May, 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011765161
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Social Democracy and Distributive Conflict in the UK : 1950 - 2010
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Mohun, Simon; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013
In the last three decades, two questions have been central for the Left. Is there a future for electoral socialism and … social democracy? And, is it any longer possible to promote a significant redistribution of income in favour of labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009749449
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Social democracy and distributive conflict in the UK : 1950 - 2010
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Mohun, Simon; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013
In the last three decades, two questions have been central for the Left. Is there a future for electoral socialism and … social democracy? And, is it any longer possible to promote a significant redistribution of income in favour of labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753328
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Globalization and egalitarian redistribution
Bardhan, Pranab K. (ed.); Bowles, Samuel (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002913487
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How do governments fare about redistribution? : new evidence on the political economy of redistribution
Padovano, Fabio; Scervini, Francesco; Turati, Gilberto - 2016 - This version: September 2016
We examine whether and to what extent political institutions explain different performances in income redistribution … across countries. In particular, we first review available sources of data and measures of income redistribution, discussing … explanations of redistribution from resources and instruments, as well as supply side factors. We then provide empirical evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011549384
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Income inequality and the size of government : a causal analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2019
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries over the period 2004-2015, we apply instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151150
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Income inequality and the size of government : a causal analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2018
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries over the period 2004-2015, we apply instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955505
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Does income inequality lead to terrorism?
Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2016
terrorism to voice dissent and achieve a redistribution of wealth. Furthermore, we provide evidence of an indirect effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444494