The evolution of ideology, fairness and redistribution

Alberto Alesina, Guido Cozzi and Noemi Mantovan

Working Papers from Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow

Abstract: Ideas about what is "fair" above and beyond the individuals' position in the income ladder determine preferences for redistribution. We study the dynamic evolution of different economies in which redistributive policies, perception of fairness, inequality and growth are jointly determined. We show how including fairness explains various observed relationship between inequality, redistribution and growth. We also show how different beliefs about fairness can keep two otherwise identical countries in different development paths for a very long time.

Keywords: Inequality; Fairness; Redistribution; Ideology. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 E62 H2 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-07
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