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The political economy of growth and distribution : a theoretical critique

Josten, Stefan Dietrich; Truger, Achim - 2003

inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary …

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Income distribution and tax structure : microeconomic test of the Meltzer-Richard hypothesis

Borge, Lars-Erik; Rattsø, Jørn - 2001

. The standard theory assumes that more unequal income distribution will create a majority for more redistribution (Meltzer …

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Income Distribution and Tax Structure : Microeconomic Test Of The Meltzer-Richard Hypothesis

Borge, Lars-Erik; Rattsø, Jørn - 2021

. The standard theory assumes that more unequal income distribution will create a majority for more redistribution (Meltzer …

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Politically Sustainable Probabilistic Minority Targeting

De Donder, Philippe - 2014

We show that a transfer targeting a minority of the population is sustained by majority voting, however small the minority targeted, when the probability to receive the transfer is decreasing and concave in income. We apply our framework to the French social housing program and obtain that...

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The Political Economy of Social Security : A Survey

Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - 2004

This paper surveys the literature on the political economy of social security. We review models that address the following questions: (i) Why do social security programs that transfer resources from young and middle-aged workers to the elderly exist? (ii) What are the economic and political...

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Heating and electricity expenses : saving incentives not impacting basic income recipients

Felder, Lars; Haan, Peter; Bach, Stefan; Schill, Wolf-Peter - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 14/16, pp. 113-118

Basic income benefits cover recipients' actual heating expenses as long as they are not unusually high. In contrast, their electricity expenses are only covered via a lump sum at the standard rate. Thus, basic income recipients have weaker incentives for reducing their heating expenses than for...

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Citizen support for the Welfare State: Determinants of preferences for income redistribution

Rehm, Philipp - 2005

This paper explores the determinants of individual level support for income redistribution by the government. It argues … that there are two sources of preference formation when it comes to redistribution. People are either in favor of income … redistribution because they are disadvantaged, or they favor redistribution as a means to insure against income shocks. The paper …

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Risks at work: the demand and supply sides of government redistribution

Cusack, Thomas R.; Iversen, Torben; Rehm, Philipp - 2005

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 … auch die Angebotsseite von Umverteilung zu analysieren. Wie entstehen Umverteilungs-Präferenzen in der Bevölkerung? Welche …

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Income inequality and social preferences for redistribution and compensation differentials

Kerr, William R. - 2013

-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not … result in weaker political preferences for redistribution. …

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Knowledge is power: A theory of information, income, and welfare spending

Lind, Jo Thori; Rohner, Dominic - 2011

in line with our theory. …

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