INCOME INEQUALITY, MOBILITY, AND THE WELFARE STATE: A POLITICAL ECONOMY MODEL
2012 ◽
Vol 17
(6)
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pp. 1198-1226
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Set Up
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In this paper, we set up a three-period stochastic overlapping-generations model to analyze the implications of income inequality and mobility for demand for redistribution and social insurance. We model the size of two different public programs under the welfare state. We investigate bidimensional voting on the tax rates that determine the allocation of government revenues among transfer payments and old-age pensions. We show that the coalitions formed, the resulting political equilibria, and the demand for redistribution crucially depend on the level of income inequality and mobility.
The development of the Welfare State in Portugal: trends in social expenditure between 1938 and 2003
2010 ◽
Vol 28
(3)
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pp. 469-501
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1991 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 18-46
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