Highlights•Laypeople's beliefs about their country's income and wealth distributions are
typically inaccurate.•These misperceptions are caused in part by overreliance on cues from …

В работе представлен обзор основных тем, обсуждаемых в новейшей экономической
литературе по проблеме неравенства. Среди них: сложно-сти измерения; динамика …

We empirically investigate the relationship between income inequality and redistribution,
accounting for the shape of the income distribution, different development levels, and …

Does the way in which scholars measure inequality of opportunity correspond to how people
perceive it? What other factors influence individual perception of this phenomenon? To …

Income distribution and inequality play a central role in the public and political debate in
many developed and democratic countries. An increasing literature on (mis) perception of …

Several recent studies link rising income inequality in the United States to the global
financial crisis, arguing that US politicians did not respond to growing inequality with fiscal …

The paper provides an overview of the key issues discussed in the recent economic
literature on inequality. It highlights such topics as measurement subtle-ties; dynamics in …

How does rising income inequality affect individual attitudes toward international trade?
While there exists a plethora of studies on the interlinkages between international trade and …

We model inter-individual differences in preferences for redistribution as a function of (a) self-
interest;(b) ideas about the deservingness of income differences due to luck, effort and …

До сих пор представляют интерес результаты, известные в литературе как парадокс
Истерлина. Согласно им в долгосрочной перспективе 10 лет и более экономический …