In this paper we explore how individual social preferences correlate with political support for redistribution. We ran … political support for distributive policies. The main correlates for support of redistribution are the beliefs concerning the …

examined countries. While direct taxes and cash benefits are the main drivers of redistribution, in-kind benefits also play a … EU Member States. Our new, broader approach allows for more accurate assessments of redistribution and cross …

and redistribution. The model shows that the interaction between contributions and voting leads to an endogenous wealth …I propose a framework in which individual political participation is endogenous and can take two distinct forms, voting … median-voter-based prediction, that more inequality produces more redistribution, has received little empirical support …

The paper investigates the effectiveness of the median voter as a decisive agent in the process of redistribution … inequality and redistribution is confirmed, but the median voter theorem seems not to be the driving force of this mechanism …, the elasticity of redistribution to poor classes to their income has decreased over the last decade, suggesting a …

I examine the effect of immigrant inflows in Europe on natives' individual attitudes towards redistribution and … attitudes in a joint empirical framework. Using migration data at the NUTS regional level from the European Labor Force Survey … welfare and put restrictions on migration. When migrants are mostly low-skilled (high-skilled), European citizens typically …