This paper discusses what determines the preferences of individuals for redistribution. We review the theoretical literature and provide a framework to incorporate various effects previously studied separately in the literature. We then examine empirical evidence for the US, using the General...

This paper examines the relationship between ethnic institutions and public and welfare goods provisions. Earlier related but distinct literature presented a negative association between ethnic fractionalization and public goods provision. Although such negative associations do not hold while...

Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of the...