on pre-government income inequality hints at substantial disincentive effects. -- social benefits ; redistribution …

create a "simulated tax redistribution index", which captures the mechanical impact of the changes in tax policy on the gini … coefficient, but is exogenous to any behavioral response. Analyzing the effect of this redistribution index on inequality, I find … process further, I create a new class of tax redistribution measures, based on the S-Gini, which differentially weight effects …

and redistribution of income generalise to the family of indices based on the extended Ginis of Donaldson and Weymark …

and redistribution of income generalise to the family of indices based on the extended Ginis of Donaldson and Weymark …

In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution, and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … broadly consistent with a view that is different from the traditional median voter model of democratic redistribution …