Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51947
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5909
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
redistribution
mobility
inequality
structure induced equilibrium
JEL: 
D72
H53
H55
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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