immigration is associated with stronger preferences for redistribution and a more liberal ideology among Americans today. We … redistribution, with long-lasting effects on political attitudes of U.S.-born individuals. After documenting that immigrants …

redistribution among US born individuals today. Next, we show that this correlation is not driven by the characteristics of the … ideology during one of the largest episodes of redistribution in US history - the New Deal - and that such effects persisted …

This paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reasonable assumptions, the baseline model produces an …, redistribution is from rich to poor, and increasing inequality increases redistribution. However, under different assumptions about … the economic environment, redistribution may not be simply rich to poor, and inequality need not increase redistribution …

Over the last few decades government income redistribution cushioned the growing disparity in the distribution of … determines the varying scope of redistribution. The paper addresses, whether redistribution reacts to growing inequality and to … redistribution. …

We consider an election that is solely concerned with redistribution of income. It is well known that when voters are …