Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality (RPO 683-01). Also … published as “The median voter hypothesis, income inequality and income redistribution: An empirical test with the required data … lose less) through redistribution in countries where initial (factor) income distribution is more unequal. The median voter …

do find that the middle income groups gain more/or lose less through redistribution in countries where initial (factor … beneficiaries of redistribution nor that the existing tax and transfer system are optimal from their perspective (in the sense that …

, selling millions of copies in dozens of languages. But are its analyses of inequality and economic growth on target? Where … consider the impact of technology on inequality. Heather Boushey, Branko Milanovic, and others consider topics ranging from … gender to trends in the global South. Emmanuel Saez lays out an agenda for future research on inequality, while a variety of …

testing. The author rephrases and redefines more correctly the redistribution hypothesis and clarifies its relationship with …

This paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 … Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a central … older parties, older left-wing parties are more likely to internalize the long-run costs of redistribution and to be more …

This paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 … Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a central … younger and older parties, older left-wing parties are more likely to internalize the long-run costs of redistribution and to …

testing. The author rephrases and redefines more correctly the redistribution hypothesis and clarifies its relationship with …

testing. The author rephrases and redefines more correctly the redistribution hypothesis and clarifies its relationship with …