The assumption behind discrete hours labour supply modelling is that utility‐maximising
individuals choose from a relatively small number of hours levels, rather than being able to …

This paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reasonable assumptions, the
baseline model produces an equilibrium with the extent of redistributive taxation chosen by …

Research on the economic origins of democracy and dictatorship has shifted away from the
impact of growth and turned toward the question of how different patterns of growth-equal or …

We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association
between income inequality and subjective well-being, and that there are systematic …

This paper investigates the relation between tax mimicking and electoral accountability
against the background of data on Spain. The results confirm the presence of tax-mimicking …

This paper shows that higher levels of perceived wage inequality are associated with a
weaker (stronger) belief into meritocratic (non-meritocratic) principles as being important in …

This paper investigates empirically the link between the prospects of upward mobility and
preferences for redistribution using data for a large number of countries from the Life in …

We explore whether individuals, when acting as social planners, respect others' reference
points. We allow subjects to redistribute unequal, unearned initial endowments between two …

In political economics, the impact of institutions on income redistribution is mainly studied by
comparing different forms of representative democracy. In this article, we analyze the …

A main activity of the state is to redistribute resources. Standard political economy models
predict that a rise in inequality will lead to more redistribution. This paper shows that, for the …