Arbeitspapier
Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries
The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. Using the new data on Non-Contributory Social Transfer Programmes for 1990-2015, we find democracies are more likely to have a transfer programme. This is consistent with previous conclusions that democracy enhances redistribution measured by tax revenues and government expenditures. We also present less robust evidence that countries with a transfer programme experience higher inequality.
- ISBN
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978-92-9256-254-0
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/30
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
- Thema
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regime type
redistribution
inequality
social transfers
median voter theorem
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dodlova, Marina
Giolbas, Anna
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Helsinki
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2017
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/254-0
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Dodlova, Marina
- Giolbas, Anna
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Entstanden
- 2017
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