In this paper, we elicit preferences of Swiss citizens for the allocation of income redistribution to different uses … amount of income redistribution as a share of disposable income. Here, we estimate marginal willingness-to-pay values for … types of recipients (old-age pensioners, people with ill health, the unemployed, working poor, and families with children …

ethnic politics in Karachi. The disparities in income, employment and social status have been compared between the nine …

parents to have fewer but better educated children, which may foster economic development. Second, government should sometimes …

associations between social status and income. This paper focuses on the supply of status and tests the underlying assumption by …'s GDP per capita and its FIFA rank, which suggests that income is related to these "status" fixed effects through some … caution though that income is not an exclusive driver of status, as ability, age, game outcome and race also matter. …

This paper examines the allocative implications of progressive income taxation when individuals care about their … relative income. It shows that tax progressivity might improve efficiency, and the more so in egalitarian economies …. Introducing a progressive income tax can yield a Pareto improvement if pre-tax income is evenly distributed. Implementing …

admission criteria for students; and establishment of a strong accreditation board to ensure qualified midwives were trained by …