 Inequality, redistribution and cultural integration in the Welfare StateAlberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This paper constructs a simple theoretical political economy model to analyze the dynamic interactions between redistribution, public good provision and cultural integration of minority groups. Cultural differentiation erodes the support for general public good provision and vertical redistribution, reducing in turn the attractiveness of adoption of the mainstream culture by the minority groups. Our model shows the possibility for multiple politico-cultural steady state trajectories depending strongly on the initial degree of cultural differentiation in the society. An exogenous increase in income inequality is shown to increase the likelihood of multiple steady state trajectories. In a context with multiple minority groups, cultural fragmentation favors integration into the mainstream culture. Keywords: Political economy; Cultural integration; Inequality; Redistribution (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in European Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 50, pp.122-140. ⟨10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.03.005⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01631105 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.03.005 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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