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Portrait of the Poor: An Assets-Based Approach
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Gray-Molina, George - Inter-American Development Bank
caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn … lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income. The authors … analyze the ownership and use of income-generating assets, as well as access to them. Where there are market imperfections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943569
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Optimal Piecewise Linear Income Taxation
Apps, Patricia; Long, Ngo Van; Rees, Ray - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2011
Given its signiÖcance in practice, piecewise linear taxation has received relatively little attention in the literature. This paper o§ers a simple and transparent analysis of its main characteristics. We fully characterize optimal tax parameters for the cases in which budget sets are convex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385840
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Optimal Piecewise Linear Income Taxation
Apps, Patricia; Long, Ngo Van; Rees, Ray - CESifo - 2009
attention in the literature on optimal income taxation. This paper offers a simple and transparent analysis of its main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181304
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Portrait of the Poor: An Assets-Based Approach
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Gray-Molina, George - Inter-American Development Bank
caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn … lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income. The authors … analyze the ownership and use of income-generating assets, as well as access to them. Where there are market imperfections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772491