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. Measuring individualism and the demand for redistribution by questions of the General Social Survey (GSS), we show that: (i …) individuals living in states with mineral resources are more individualistic and support less redistribution by the government … ; (ii) the higher the number of mines in a states, the lower the support for governmental redistribution and the higher the …
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In this paper, we highlight the link between the political demand and social policy outcome while taking into account the design of the party system. The political demand is measured by indivudual preferences and the design of the party system is defined as the extent of party fractionalization....
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redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income …
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redistribution. Controlling for a number of factors usually found to impact individual preferences in the literature, we take the … egoistic motives for redistribution seriously and focus on the role played by the occupational status of individuals in shaping … be formed on the basis of their preferences for redistribution. Finally, (iii) we highlight differences between European …
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lifetime welfare, has the undesirable corollary to recommend a redistribution of resources from short-lived to long …
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citizens' support for the market by guaranteeing income redistribution to inequality-averse agents. Our identification strategy …
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La structure, le poids et les effets redistributifs de la fiscalité indirecte en France sont mesurés en utilisant une nouvelle base de données construite à partir de l'Enquête Budget de famille 2001 de l'Insee. Pour chaque poste de dépense, les montants des différentes composantes de la...
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ressources fiscales qui donne lieu à une redistribution à rebours. Le déficit est alors de type récessif et toute baisse d …
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Although the crisis of the Welfare State has been evoked for quite a long time, figures show that such a phenomenon has arisen only recently. Furthermore, it is not a common feature in all developed countries. This paper aims at explaining these two empirical facts. We use an overlapping...
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redistribution among young individuals. …
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