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The Efficient Side of Progressive Income Taxation

Corneo, Giacomo - CESifo - 2000

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 …

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Returns to education in Suriname

Gardiner, Shopie; Stampini, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

We analyze the relationship between education and employment in Suriname, using data from a 2007 IDB household survey (representative nationally and at the level of three macro areas: Urban Coast, Rural Coast and Interior). We find that education brings returns in terms of both likelihood of...

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Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life Title: Calidad de vida: Más allá de los hechos

Scartascini, Carlos G.; Duryea, Suzanne; Powell, Andrew; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates...

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The 1990s in Latin America: Another Decade of Persistent Inequality

Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality … schooling are the main reason why income distribution has not improved in the 1990s. However, the lack of progress in income …

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Elderly Health and Salaries in the Mexican Labor Market

Parker, Susan W. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

evaluate the impact of health on the income of working elderly individuals. The results find that health measures have a strong …

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Savings in Chile: What Went Right?

Morandé, Felipe - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

Some analysts rank Chile as the only Latin American economy that qualifies as a 'take-off economy,' or development economy. In a sense, Chile's enduring success and proved insulation from the 'Tequila effect' are due to its high national savings. What has made Chile's savings so high? What were...

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Household Saving in Developing Countries - Inequality, Demographics and All That: How Different are Latin America and South East Asia?

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

into education groups to determine whether there are differences in saving behavior along the distribution of income. Third …

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What's Behind the Inequality We Measure: An Investigation Using Latin American Data

Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This …

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Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy

Gasparini, Leonardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality … have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep macroeconomic crisis and periods of openness and integration. The sizable … particular severity of the income distribution changes in Argentina. This paper was prepared for the Labor Markets and …

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Inequality and Mexico's Labor Market after Trade Reform

Bouillon, Cesar Patricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

employment, and mean labor income by economic sector and education level. …

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