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The Growth of Government
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This article is published in Research Papers in Economics.The article was published on 1979-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 168 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Government.read more
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A Rational Theory of the Size of Government
Allan H Meltzer,Scott F. Richard +1 more
TL;DR: In a general equilibrium model of a labor economy, the size of government, measured by the share of income redistributed, is determined by majority rule as mentioned in this paper, where voters rationally anticipate the disincentive effects of taxation on the labor-leisure choices of their fellow citizens and take the effect into account when voting.
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Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution: the Poum Hypothesis
Roland Bénabou,Efe A. Ok +1 more
TL;DR: The POUM hypothesis as mentioned in this paper states that relatively poor people oppose high rates of redistribution because of the anticipation that they or their children may move up the income ladder. But is it compatible with everyone -- especially the poor -- holding rational expectations that not everyone can simultaneously expect to end up richer than average?
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Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities
TL;DR: This article found that individual support for redistribution is negatively affected by social mobility and that the impact of mobility on attitudes towards redistribution is affected by individual perceptions of fairness in the mobility process, and that people who believe that the American society offers equal opportunities to all are more averse to redistribution in the face of increased mobility.
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A Positive Model of Private Charity and Public Transfers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore a model where private charity and public transfers are determined simultaneously, and they provide evidence that this phenomenon of zero private charity began in the 1930s, the beginning of federal intervention in the charity market.
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How Dramatically Did Women’s Suffrage Change the Size and Scope of Government?
John R. Lott,Lawrence W. Kenny +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined the growth of government during this century as a result of giving women the right to vote using cross-sectional time-series data for 1870 to 1940, and examined state government expenditures and revenue as well as voting by U.S. House and Senate state delegations and the passage of different state laws.