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By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce...
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a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany …
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This paper analyses major pension system regulation in four European countries: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the …
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Using four waves of the European Social Survey, we analyze the association of income inequality and redistribution with … the process, the extent of redistribution, what lead to that state. These impacts are different in Eastern and Western … Europe. Inequality aversion and the positive effect of redistribution seem to be stronger also for less affluent members of …
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association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that … not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution) that leads to the outcome influences subjective … positive effect of redistribution seems to be stronger for less affluent members of the societies and left-wing oriented …
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, and to increase incentives to work by lowering the tax burden on labour, which is especially high in Germany according to … effects of inheritances on the wealth distribution are evaluated for Germany first and are set into comparison with Austria … is applied to design an inheritance tax reform for Germany. The potential tax revenue of the reform can be estimated by …
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rich, support for redistribution in Germany is not motivated by the urge to castigate this group for their affluence …Redistribution and the welfare state have been linked by academic discourse to narratives that portray specific …
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We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...
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We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406589