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Changing attitudes toward redistribution: The role of perceived economic inequality in everyday life and intolerance of inequality
(2021)
Modern societies are characterized by economic inequality. Redistributive policies are one of the means to reduce it. We argue that perceived economic inequality in everyday life and intolerance of it are central factors ...
Latin American Brotherhood? Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution
(Routledge, 2021-10)
Preferences for redistribution are critical determinants of the size of the welfare state and, therefore, of the level of inequality in a country. In this paper, we explore the effect of immigration on preferences for ...
Economic and cultural determinants of elite attitudes towards redistribution
(2019)
Previous studies posit that elites are willing to advance the redistribution of income and social
goods when negative effects of inequality, such as crime and conflict, threaten their own safety.
Nonetheless, elites’ ...
Redistributing care: the policy challenge
(ECLAC, 2013-09)
This publication offers a representative sample of the thinking developed over recent years in relation to time use, time-use measurement and related policies in Latin America. The issue of care and its importance and ...
Altruism and participation costs in local redistribution: empirical evidence for Brazilian municipalities
(2013)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role played by the geographic distance between the poor and non-poor in the local demand for income redistribution and, in particular, to provide an empirical test ...