one furthest is worse off . This redistribution channel is independent from the ones previously noted in the literature …

We use a range of data sources to assess if, and to what extent, government redistribution policies have slowed or … redistribution systems in place, greater inequality automatically leads to more redistribution, even if no policy action is taken. We … redistribution. Between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s, the redistributive strength of tax-benefit systems then weakened in many …

redistribution in a comparative setting. We use micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study to examine household market inequality …, redistribution from transfers and taxes, and the underlying social programs that drive the changes, for 20 countries from the mid … programs. We focus on changes in fiscal redistribution of 13 different social programs and taxes. We observe a sizeable …

Building on the existing literature that examines the extent of redistribution in the Social Security system as a whole … inequality. Second, we find that this result is driven largely by the lack of redistribution across the middle and upper part of … distribution. Third, in cases where redistribution does occur, we find it is not efficiently targeted: many high income households …

We examine the sources of preferences for redistribution in 41 developing countries, with a multi-level model that … economic inequality strengthen preferences for redistribution among the poor in general, although there is some indication that …

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …