We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on public
spending and on individual support for the welfare state. The survey puts a particular focus …

This article develops a model for analyzing social identity and applies it to the political
economy of income redistribution, focusing on class and national identities. The model …

People's preferences for state intervention in social policies vary. A cross-section analysis
on individual-level survey data is conducted here over 33 democracies to highlight the link …

BRIDGING TRADE THEORY AND LABOUR ECONOMETRICS: THE EFFECTS OF
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION Page 1 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2011.00696.x BRIDGING …

Several studies have shown that a person's attitude towards immigration affects his or her
support for welfare redistribution. According to one view, negative attitudes towards …

This paper explores the relationship between perceptions of immigration and preferences
for redistribution, using survey data from the European Social Survey. Some recent literature …

In this paper we study the effects on support for different political parties due to an increase
in the immigrant share in Danish municipalities during the period 1989-2001. We find that …

This paper models the interaction between individuals' identity choices and redistribution.
Both redistributive policies and identity choices are endogenous, and there might be …

Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from
official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed …

Does redistribution in democracies cater to the will of the majority? We propose a direct
empirical strategy based on survey data that needs not assume that voters are guided by …