The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those … suggest something quite different: that over the course of a "mobility transition", emigration generally rises with economic … transition in every decade since 1960. It then briefly surveys 45 years of research, which has yielded six classes of theory to …

Asylum migration is a major societal challenge in the Western world affecting residents' policy preferences. We analyze … measured based on citizens' actual voting behavior in national referendums in Switzerland between 1987 and 2017. We exploit the … on immigration issues in national referendums and are less supportive of redistribution than before hosting asylum …

This paper examines the effect of immigration on the extent of income redistribution via majority voting on the income … tax. The tax outcome depends on the size of the native majority and the initial amount of redistribution in the economy … high-tax and a low-tax outcome is possible. In a referendum, natives will then vote against immigrant voting. At best …

instrument is constructed by estimating a bilateral migration model for 24 destination and 208 source countries. We find that the …

Combining the link between ethnic heterogeneity, attitudes towards immigrants, and the support of redistribution …, predictions are made about natives' preference for redistribution depending on interethnic contact, perceived outgroup threats … of ethnic heterogeneity on attitudes towards immigrants and those attitudes on the redistribution preference. Applying …

on how risk exposure and income are related to preferences for redistribution. To test our hypotheses, we extract … turn our attention to the supply side of government redistribution. Institutions, we argue, mediate governments' reactions …

redistribution inflicts a persistent damage on the economy and thus reduces agents' future earning possibilities prevents the poor …, but relate such changes to agents' rational investment decisions. -- political economy ; inequality ; redistribution of …

We review the literature on the public choice approach to explaining redistribution policies. The focus is on policies … that are pursued with the sole reason to redistribute initial endowments. Moreover, we restrict ourselves to redistribution … in democracies. In democratic settings, generic redistribution games lack equilibria. Structure-inducing rules that give …