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The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution


The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution: An Econometric Analysis

We find a strong negative relationship between average real income and redistribution and a modest effect of two year led inequality.

The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution: An Econometric Analysis

We empirically investigate the effect of changes in income inequality on redistributive tax and trans- fer policy, assessing the role and importance of various ...

The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution: An Econometric Analysis

“Voting” and “income insurance” coalition analyses are presented. We find a strong negative relationship between average real income and ...

Redistribution of Income and Reducing Economic Inequality

Taxation and income transfers to the poorest segment of society are the most direct way to keep inequality in check and reduce poverty in the short term.

Rising inequality and public support for redistribution - HILLEN

Economic inequality has been on the rise over the past decades in many countries around the world (Chancel et al., 2022; OECD, 2015).

3. How does inequality shape the demand for redistribution?

The effect of changes in inequality on demand for redistribution reflects both changes in relative income – by making some people poorer and thus more ...

Redistribution, Inequality, and Growth

The macroeconomic effects of redistributive policies will reflect a balance between the components of the fiscal package, and it is an empirical question ...

Growth effects of inequality and redistribution - ScienceDirect.com

We find that a high level of inequality reduces GDP growth, but its remedy—redistribution via taxes and transfers—is detrimental to growth as well. Thus, the ...

Inequality aversion predicts support for public and private ... - PNAS

Rising inequality has brought redistribution back on the political agenda. In theory, inequality aversion drives people's support for ...

The Structure of Inequality and Its Effects on Redistribution in the ...

Since the total income distribution is identical in the two countries they clearly have the same level of income inequality, however inequality is measured.

Perceptions and preferences for redistribution - Oxford Academic

The famous median-voter model predicts that higher inequality, reflected in a growing gap between the income of the average and the median voter, should lead to ...

Rising inequality and public support for redistribution - HILLEN

Examining the reaction across income groups to adjudicate between different models of how rising inequality matters in a second step, we find ...

The political economy of inequality, mobility and redistribution

On the one hand, social mobility implies a risk of downward movements along the income distribution for those relatively rich in the present. Higher inequality ...

Inequality's drag on aggregate demand: The macroeconomic and ...

Rising inequality constrains overall economic growth by reducing economywide spending: Spending falls as inequality redistributes income from lower-income ...

Inequality and redistribution: evidence from Scandinavian and ...

The authors found that the sign of the relationship between income inequality and redistribution is mostly positive and time-varying. Overall, ...

Inequality and redistribution behavior in a give-or-take game | PNAS

These behavioral redistribution types correlate in meaningful ways with support for heavy taxes on the rich and the provision of welfare ...

Income redistribution is not enough: income inequality, social ...

Income inequality is widely assumed to be a major contributor to poorer health at national and subnational levels. According to this assumption, the most ...

Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality - Pascual Restrepo

Our findings indicate that there is a significant and robust effect of democracy on tax revenues as a fraction of GDP, but no robust impact on inequality. We ...

Income inequality and redistribution in post- industrial democracies

The main determinants of redistribution are (in order of magnitude) left government, family structure, welfare state generosity, unemployment and em- ployment ...

Income inequality, redistribution and poverty

While economic growth increases the level of average incomes, it is generally more effective in alleviating poverty when the initial distribution of incomes is ...