Should Income Inequality Be Reduced and Who Should Benefit? Redistributive Preferences in Europe and Central Asia

This paper examines support for reducing inequality and for income redistribution to specific groups in Europe and Central Asia. The paper uses the Life in Transition Survey to analyze cross-country differences in redistributive preferences and the...

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Main Authors:	Cojocaru, Alexandru, Diagne, Mame Fatou
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	CORRUPTION COUNTRY DUMMIES COUNTRY LEVEL CRIME CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS DROUGHT ECONOMIC CONTRACTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EU FAMILIES FAMILY ALLOWANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS GDP GENDER GINI COEFFICIENT HIGH INCOME INEQUALITY HOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SCALE INCOME SHOCKS INCOMES INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY MEASURE IRRIGATION MACROECONOMICS MARITAL STATUS MARKET FAILURES MEDIAN VOTER MEDIAN VOTER THEOREM MEDIAN VOTERS NEGATIVE EFFECT PENSIONS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SCIENCE POOR POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SAMPLING UNITS PSU PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC TRANSFERS REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICY REDISTRIBUTIVE TAXATION REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE INCOME RESIDENCE RISK AVERSION RURAL RURAL AREAS SEX SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL TRANSFERS TRANSITION ECONOMIES WAR WILL WORKING POOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20365793/income-inequality-reduced-benefit-redistributive-preferences-europe-central-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20619

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20365793/income-inequality-reduced-benefit-redistributive-preferences-europe-central-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20619

Should Income Inequality Be Reduced and Who Should Benefit? Redistributive Preferences in Europe and Central Asia

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