1. Labor and the Robin Hood Paradox
Democracy and the Workplace Symposium
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 24, 2012
Matthew Dimick,
SUNY Buffalo Law School

2. Do we need labor unions to remedy income inequality?

3. The Robin Hood Paradox
Redistribution
“Market” inequality
Theory

4. The Robin Hood Paradox
Fact

5. Redistribution or Social Insurance?
Incentives for Redistribution
Redistribution
“Market” inequality

6. Redistribution or Social Insurance?
Incentives for Redistribution
Redistribution
Incentives for Insurance
“Market” inequality

7. Redistribution or Social Insurance?
Incentives for Redistribution
Redistribution
Incentives for Insurance
“Market” inequality

8. Voter Turnout and Campaign Contributions
Incentives for Redistribution
Redistribution
Impact of Money on Redistribution
“Market” inequality

9. Voter Turnout and Campaign Contributions
Incentives for Redistribution
Redistribution
Impact of Money on Redistribution
“Market” inequality

10. Insurance and Campaign Finance?
Redistribution
“Market” inequality

11. What Reduces Market Inequality?
Education?

12. What Reduces Market Inequality?
Education?
Progressive Taxation?

13. Taxation and Market Inequality

14. What Reduces Market Inequality?
Education?
Progressive Taxation?
Reverse Causation?

15. What Reduces Market Inequality?
Education?
Progressive Taxation?
Reverse Causation?
Collective Bargaining?

16. Collective Bargaining and Market Inequality

17. Electoral Institutions?
Countries with proportional representation redistribute more than countries with majority representation

18. Electoral Institutions?
Countries with proportional representation redistribute more than countries with majority representation
Lupu & Pontusson (unpublished): direct effects of electoral rules diminish significantly when the structure of wage inequality is taken into account

19. Market Inequality and Redistribution: Other Factors?
Institutional Complementarities
Social Solidarity