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This paper studies attitudes towards income redistribution in the country of origin among those who stay in a welfare … increasing income redistribution, while majority of women supports it. Women are somewhat more positive towards redistribution … redistribution are driven by beliefs about the determinants of individual success, generalized trust, assimilation to the new home …
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This paper studies attitudes towards income redistribution in the country of originamong those who stay in a welfare … increasing incomeredistribution, while majority of women supports it. Women are somewhat more positivetowards redistribution also … redistribution are driven bybeliefs about the determinants of individual success, generalized trust, assimilation tothe new home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391729
A conclave is a voting mechanism in which a committee selects an alternative by voting until a sufficient supermajority … conclave leads to efficiency gains relative to simple majority voting. We also compare welfare properties of a static versus a …
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proximity to refugee reception centres on voting behaviour. Our analysis demonstrates that being closer to refugee centres … influence people's voting. It also casts doubts on the political choice to put key decisions, such as changes in the …
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The common use of majority rule in group decision making is puzzling. In theory, it inequitably favors the proposer …
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We study communication in committees selecting one of two alternatives when consensus is required and agents have private information about their preferences. Delaying the decision is costly, so a form of multiplayer war of attrition emerges. Waiting allows voters to express the intensity of...
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The role of electoral incentives vs. selection is ideally analyzed in a setting where the same legislators are selected to decide on policies under different electoral rules and where voter preferences on policies can be precisely measured. This is the first paper to look at such a situation....
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The evolution of income distribution over two centuries is an attractive topic because it allows one to test the inverse U-curve hypothesis using long series instead of cross-section data. In Section 1 the distribution trends in countries where global data are available, is considered, that is...
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less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
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existing theories of redistribution, this article develops the argument that the structure of the welfare state shapes public …
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